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NBC pulls Ron Paul's last embed

A couple weeks back I noted that Ron Paul, the lonely delegate hunter, had only one full-time, embedded reporter on his trail: Anthony Terrell of NBC News. Other reporters have provided some coverage of the candidate, but for the last few weeks Terrell was the only proverbial boy on the bus.

But now, Ron Paul is officially embedless.

Earlier this week, NBC decided that Terrell would transition off the trail and back to his job with MSNBC, though a spokesperson there would not comment on the move.

(Also on POLITICO: A Hawaiian bright spot for Ron Paul)

Meanwhile, outlets that have been providing frequent but not full coverage, including Fox News, have no intention of putting a reporter back out full-time.

"Paul doesn't have as many events right now as the other candidates in the race," Hunter Ryan, the politics editor at Fox News Channel, told me. "He is focusing on certain states. I am planning on covering him... [and] a combination of embed and bureau resources will be used to cover Paul going forward."

Obviously, it's not just the number of events that are keeping so many other outlets off Paul's trail altogether. The candidate has just 47 delegates to date and not a single primary or caucus victory to his name. For most political reporters, he is all but irrelevant to the future of the GOP contest.