I'm not sure what the story is here... seems to me that you naturally wouldn't leave the top agency director there as on scene commander, especially once the basic structure of the relief effort is in place.
The FEMA director has to get back to the business of the whole country, not stay on scene for one event for the long term.
If anything is odd, it is that the director was *ever* the on scene local commander.
Agreed.
The President's main place is in the W.H. he designates people to be on scene for him. Techically That is all that is happening here. he's going back to Washington to manage the sum of the efforts from his office while a point person is on ground. So, the media is not painting this accurately, as is to be expected.