I don't understand why people are so pissed off that it took the politicians so long to give press conferences. I wasn't expecting to hear from politicians, I was expecting to hear from their communications and media representatives. I didn't think there was anything wrong with the absence of politicians, I figured they would be receiving information, making decisions, taking action. Aren't our elected leaders supposed to be providing leadership? If I knew that their job was simply to be talking heads for their jurisdictions, I would have voted for the person with the best diction.