GOP may miss chances in New England

The Boston Globe reports:

New England Republicans this fall risk squandering their best opportunity in years to break the Democratic Party’s throttlehold on the region’s US House seats, a situation political specialists attribute to a shortage of GOP candidates with enough experience and credibility to mount serious challenges.

National polls are showing a rising tide of voter anger, and a fertile political environment for Republicans, who hope to win back a majority in the House this November.

But fewer than four months before the election, political analysts say the GOP is seriously challenging just three of 22 House districts in New England — New Hampshire’s two seats, and the open seat on Cape Cod being vacated by retiring US Representative William Delahunt.