You are correct. In the NY-23 contest the GOP candidate was the third party candidate, and people, like Gingrich who backed the Republican 3rd party candidate are responsible for this. That is no reason to let a covert Viet Cong like Cao off the hook.
‘and people, like Gingrich who backed the Republican 3rd party candidate are responsible for this’
Actually the Republican candidate was leading in the polls until Palin decide to interfere and endorse the third party candidate.
The blame for the loss rests on Palin and the rest of the crowd which went for the third pary route, they will not be forgotten by the Republican primary voters.