Well, if the RNC does what it did in this race--support a candidate even more liberal than the Democrat one--then what's the loss?
It would be very difficult to do that with a far-leftist like Obama, but it wouldn't surprise me if the RNC managed to do so!
No.
The RNC did not pick the candidate. The local two-headed Rupublican county chiefs in NY-23 picked the candidate.
The RNC then got envolved by giving Dede the normal allocation of money only after Dede promised to sign the no tax pledge.