“We Deserved Better than Kathleen Sebelius”

Whether you’re
among the 36 percent of Americans who have a favorable
view of Obamacare or among the 53 percent who do not, it’s
important to underscore the lessons of her tenure. Her widely
acknowledged incompetence in overseeing the implementation of a
major new program is one of the reasons why record numbers of
Americans think the government has
too much power and have low and declining levels of trust
in government to
do the right thing. Whether you’re liberal, conservative, or
libertarian, that’s not a good thing….

Sebelius’s abrupt resignation, then, is the fitting capstone of
a cabinet tenure that did nothing to inspire feelings of competency
and trust in government in a century that is so far replete with
revelations of bipartisan secret surveillance, financial
mismanagement of the nation, and failed foreign policy.

That’s from my latest column at Time’s website. Read the whole thing here.