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It's all about the money
Just read this very interesting tidbit on Slate, which I think helps to answer the question of why Hillary's still in this thing:
Debt retirement gets a little more complicated when candidates lend their own money to their campaign. After an election is over, any campaign contributions that go toward repaying the candidate's own loans serve, in practice, as money directly into a politician's pocket. As a result, campaign law (PDF) now limits to $250,000 the amount a campaign committee can repay the candidate after the election. In the case of the Democratic primary, the election will end when a nominee is selected in Denver. So unless Clinton is able to raise enough money to pay herself back by then, she'll have to write off millions of dollars she lent to her campaign.
(http://www.slate.com/id/2190880/)
I know that Bill and Hil have done well for themselves since leaving the White House, but $11 million is a lot of scratch. Is it possible that she's staying in this thing and continuing to exploit the poor deluded saps who think she still has a chance, just so she can repay the loans she unwisely extended herself? That would be a new low for someone who I didn't think could sink much lower.