And that's another example of framing, and quite a good one. Rather than discussing what the issues are or might properly be, if it's successfully framed in terms of "only issues of competence," the only real question becomes what to do about the incompetence of, depending on one's political persuasion, the Federal, State, and/or local authorities, and the rush to frame the issue in terms of the incompetence of the Federal vs. State/local authorities is already under weigh, and the pitch is only increasing. It's not hard to expect that opponents of the Bush administration will take the position that, regrettable lapses by State/local authorities aside, the only issue worth discussing is the incompetence of the Bush administration, while the supporters will take the position that it was, all in all, a State/local responsibility, and that that is obviously and only where the focus should be.