Long Island and other areas of New York State had been projected to be among the nation's pivotal battlegrounds for party control of the U.S. House heading into this fall’s midterm elections. Our guest today has reported that Republicans have struggled to recruit, or keep, top-tier candidates against incumbent Democrats in the Hudson Valley, central New York, and this month right here in Nassau County, where former Representative Anthony D’Esposito decided not to run for his. old seat.  Bill McIntyre with Newsday and newsday.com's Washington DC Reporter, Billy House.