Clinton Laying Off Advance Team

From Ben Smith at Politico:

Members of Hillary Clinton's advance staff received calls and emails this evening from headquarters summoning them to New York City Tuesday night, and telling them their roles on the campaign are ending, two Clinton staffers tell my colleague Amie Parnes.

The advance staffers — most of them now in Puerto Rico, South Dakota, and Montana — are being given the options of going to New York for a final day Tuesday, or going home, the aides said. The move is a sign that the campaign is beginning to shed — at least — some of its staff. The advance staff is responsible for arranging the candidate's events around the country.

With the future of her campaign in doubt, Clinton hasn't announced her plans for the final election night of the primary cycle or beyond, but the aides said she would stage her election night event in New York City. Her entourage is currently expected to wake up Tuesday in New York and to arrive in Washington, D.C. Tuesday night.

Clinton's senior aides didn't respond to requests for comment on her Tuesday night plans.

That doesn't bode well for any future campaign plans for Hillary. However, if she wants to stay in the race she won't be campaigning to the public, but to the superdelegates. And, of course, she may be sitting back and waiting for the next shoe to drop on Obama - the one that finally convinces the Dem leaders that Obama can't win. It's a longshot, but so far that's pretty much defined the Clinton campaign.