Dan Freedman reports in the Albany Times Union that Rep. John Faso (R-Kinderhook) does not see the crest of a blue tsunami in the announcement that House Speaker Paul Ryan won't run for another term. “I don’t think it has any impact on me politically,” Faso said. “Personally I’m sad he made the decision, but I totally get it.” One of his potential rivals, Antonio Delgado who is among the Democrats running to take on Faso, disagreed. “The 'blue wave’ is coming, and Paul Ryan has been swept up in it,” said Delgado. “Hard-working families in the Hudson Valley, Catskills and across the whole nation are waking up and realizing that his attack on their health care and his tax scam for billionaires and big corporations are a dereliction of duty. Democrats … are going to take back the House and get our country back on track.” But Faso thinks that is just “political posturing. People shouldn’t count the votes seven months before and election.... I feel optimistic.” Read the full story in the Albany Times Union.