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Ron Paul backers lose their fight to be delegates and alternate delegates to the Republican National Convention, as a national committee vindicates the MassGOP’s right to disqualify them. But the libertarians fight on, planning an appeal on Sunday, staring down Mitt Romney campaign’s lawyer — Ben Ginsberg, the Bush-Cheney campaign attorney who championed the hanging chads.

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