◼ The President is set to nominate Sylvia Mathews Burwell, director of the Office of Management and Budget, as her replacement. - IJ Review
RNC Chairman Reince Priebus released the following statement:
Secretary Sebelius oversaw a disastrous rollout of ObamaCare, but anyone can see that there are more problems on the way. The next HHS Secretary will inherit a mess—Americans facing rising costs, families losing their doctors, and an economy weighed down by intrusive regulations.
No matter who is in charge of HHS, ObamaCare will continue to be a disaster and will continue to hurt hardworking Americans. It’s time for President Obama to admit that Democrats’ signature law is a failure and heed Republican calls for patient-centered healthcare reform.”
"I thank Secretary Sebelius for her service. She had an impossible task: nobody can make Obamacare work." --Rep. Eric Cantor
◼ Titanic Clears Deckchairs: Kathleen Sebelius Resigns - Ed Driscoll/PJMedia
◼ So they hit their target of seven million sign-ups and she’s still out the door before the dust settles, eh? Seems … not so triumphant. - Allahpundit/HotAir
Allegedly she jumped rather than waiting to be pushed, but the Times catches something I missed last week. She wasn’t at the Rose Garden ceremony where O declared Mission Accomplished after they hit seven million. Hard to believe she wouldn’t want to be there to join the victory lap after taking so much grief from so many sides for so long over the website. Was she not invited?◼ While it would be nice to think that failure and dishonesty have caught up with Sebelius, the reality is that she is probably leaving government for more lucrative reasons. - Bryan Preston/PJMedia
◼ Sebelius Flubs Goodbye Speech, ‘Can’t Even Resign Correctly’ - IJ Review
...In the middle of of her resignation speech Friday, Sebelius paused before admitting she was missing a page of her speech....
