Your comment is correct except with an incorrect(imo) assumption. It assumes that Scozzafava could have beaten Owens which I highly doubt. Hoffman got the conservative vote. They would have stayed home if he hadn’t been in the race.
Well, if you read my comments, I linked to the RCP poll that brought presumed Scozzafava success highly into doubt. I'm with you.
I simply raised the specter of Scozzafava winning and asked, 'would that have been good for the GOP?' Personally, I answer that NO.