...She is completely unwilling to accept the cruel truth that she has been rejected by her own party, betrayed by her own family.
She was first lady, for cryin' out loud! She is the queen of this party!
No one she trusts has the courage to tell her she's done, much less force her into the car to take her home.
So on we march, scandal after scandal, contest after contest, hoping with each one that she finally accepts what everyone else began realizing long ago.
The curiosity of this spectacle has led some to openly speculate she's staying in the race only to damage Obama so badly that he can't win in November, thus leaving the Democratic ticket open for her to run again in 2012.
And the certainty with which she recalled all that sniper fire raining down on her as she landed in Bosnia 12 years ago convinced others that she's nearly gone out of her mind.
"She has become disassociated from reality," said one top Democrat. "And now she's going all the way to the convention, and she's not going to pull the plug on this thing."
HAS-BEEN HILL STILL IGNORING THE INEVITABLE