Contacts no longer syncing with GMail

It is very frustrating when things that are working suddenly stop. Here's what I had working: GMail Contacts on web and Android in bi-directional sync with MacBook Pro running Mountain Lion OS X 10.8.5 and Contacts version 7.1. I use Contacts as a conduit to Entourage version 12.3.6 and that part of the chain is still working perfectly. However, the link between Mac Contacts and Gmail Contacts is broken. New contacts created in Entourage appear in Mac Contacts, but not in Gmail.
I've tried two different ways of syncing GMail, both the built-in way in Contacts and creating a CardDAV account. Nothing works. Whatever process the Mac OS uses to talk to GMail Contacts is broken.
I don't really understand the difference between CardDAV sync and the built-in way Mac Contacts syncs and if there are any benefits to one or the other. The built-in one worked perfectly until a few days ago. Its even more crazy that within the Contacts app, if I select "All On My Mac", I see one particular contact, but when I select "All Google", it is not there.
Any thoughts?

Thank you Csound1. I found a couple of other bits of info to compliment your solution. Remember that my overall goal is to sync GMail Contacts with Entourage, and Entourage is the source of most of my problems. [Believe me, I would use Outlook for Mac if it was half the program Entourage is, but alas, its terrible. No Projects module is a deal breaker.]
Anyway, contacts created in Entourage appear in Mac Contacts, but there's *something* wrong. They are missing the "Card" field. That is why they don't sync with GMail Contacts. Contacts created in GMail Contacts correctly sync across to Mac Contacts, both through CardDAV and the built-in check-box in the Account setup. I guess my work-around from here on out is to create all new contacts in GMail. This is kind of a bummer, but I'll get used to it.

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