HHS Sec. Kathleen Sebelius Resigns

White House officials told the press tonight that Health & Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has resigned.

In recent months, Sebelius has faced heavy scrutiny after the troubled launch of the federal online insurance marketplace and has been deluged with Republican attacks over the costs of the Affordable Care Act. During the first difficult weeks of the federal marketplace, Sebelius proved to be an unsteady administration spokeswoman for the health care law. She struggled mightily in an interview on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart weeks after the launch to explain the problems with the balky HealthCare.gov website. And she set off Republican howls when she tartly referred to those who called for her resignation after the balky launch as "people who I don't work for and who do not want this program to work in the first place." She was even lampooned on Saturday Night Live. Still, Obama stuck with her, saying that the IT problems could not be blamed on the HHS secretary

Right wing sites are celebrating. Koch Brothers front group Americans For Prosperity have issued a press release.

Secretary Sebelius' resignation serves as an admission that ObamaCare will continue to be completely unworkable. Sebelius knows what many are now predicting; that more trouble lies ahead for ObamaCare. While the administration celebrates dubious enrollment figures, Americans are still facing serious hardships under the law. As the employer mandate takes effect, premiums continue to climb, and access to doctors shrinks, more and more middle class families will discover the hard way that ObamaCare is wrong for them and wrong for the country.