Okay, not her political career as a Senator. As far as I know.

But she might as well hang up her aspirations ever to be the Democratic nominee for President. And for that she can thank her PUMA-like supporters, who have apparently decided to toss her career onto the funeral pyre of their rage at Sen. Obama.

God I hate belonging to this party. Is there a progressive party somewhere that doesn't have the Clintons in it, or anyone like them?

Which reminds me -- Anderson Cooper just referred to "Bill Clinton supporters." Bill Clinton's got supporters? What the hell for?

Okay, I had the T.V. on MSNBC -- actually, it's still there, but I have it on mute. Chris Matthews with Republican tool Mike Murphy, plus Jim Vandehei and Roger Simon from the right-leaning politico.com. I thought, Well, let's see how it goes... Jim Vandehei immediately began "concern trolling" for how badly Hillary was being treated. Please! As I've mentioned elsewhere, Hillary apparently told the Obama campaign she didn't want to be vetted unless she was going to be picked. So that was a non-starter.

As for consulting Bill and Hillary -- which is what Vandehei was going on about when I had to put it on mute ("Think about it! He didn't even consult her!") -- for all we know, he did. But, assuming he didn't, my first reaction was: How could he? Why would he? Wouldn't that be kinda like a guy consulting his ex-girlfriend on what kinda woman he should date next? ("What do you think, Hill? Big tits or a fine ass?") And wouldn't consulting Bill Clinton be like consulting his ex-girlfiend's dad? And aren't the PUMAs all like her best friends and sorority sisters?

The analogy's not perfect, and in fact, it sounds pretty sexist. (I apologize in advance to anyone who might be offended.) But really, this whole thing's INSANE!