I was thinking about the question someone posed today asking why, if TAC was successful in framing the AIDS debate, the AIDS crisis was not getting any better. Framing an issue well doesn't mean you have the best policy option to address the issue; it means you have done the best to mobilize people to support your cause because your framing showed them why they should support the issue. Although TAC had good intentions, they many not have a broad enough response to the AIDS crisis. Good framing helps to implement the good policy by gaining support for and acceptance of the policy. The good policy needs to be there in order to have a real effect on the problem.
Amy Kochanowsky
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