'What took so long?' Kathleen Sebelius resigning as head of HHS

After the disastrous rollout and implementation of HealthCare.gov and Obamacare, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius will leave her successor with some small shoes to fill:

BIG BREAKING NEWS: U.S. health secretary Kathleen Sebelius will resign, Bloomberg reports exclusively. Announcement tomorrow.

— Alex Wayne (@aawayne) April 10, 2014

#BREAKING: @AP reporting that #HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to resign #fnpolitics #breakingnews #foxnews pic.twitter.com/SLFcJtRc1Q

— Bret Baier (@BretBaier) April 10, 2014

HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius will announce her resignation tomorrow, senior administration officials confirm.

— Major Garrett (@MajorCBS) April 10, 2014

BA-Dump-Bump RT @FrankLuntz: Kathleen Sebelius resigning due to chronic http://t.co/IcURalbhwa problemshttp://t.co/6OUIBgqL67

— Brad Dayspring (@BDayspring) April 10, 2014

The White House announcement about Sebelius’ resignation will reportedly be made tomorrow, and President Obama will name a potential replacement:

Sebelius is out. HHS secretary has told Obama she is resigning. Obama to nominate OMB's Sylvia Matthews Burwell on Friday, per WH officials

— Michael D. Shear (@shearm) April 10, 2014

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Remains to be seen:

https://twitter.com/Baba_0_Riley/status/454386004460183552

Everybody try to kick start the “Sebelius 2016” talk:

I hope some firms start including Sebelius in Dem 2016 nomination polls just for fun.

— American Journalists Publish Chinese Propaganda (@JohnEkdahl) April 10, 2014

That would be interesting.

Hilarious speculation:

https://twitter.com/andylevy/status/454388888866668544

Editor’s note: This post has been updated to include additional tweets.