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Donald Trump, Jeb Bush butt heads over Rangers' ballpark

Suddenly, in the run-up to the New Hampshire Republican primary, GOP presidential candidates Donald Trump and Jeb Bush have engaged in a game of political baseball over the Rangers' ballpark in Arlington, Texas.

In Saturday's GOP debate, Bush threw the first high hard one at Trump for his use of eminent domain to acquire the land on which to build an Atlantic City, N.J., casino's limousine parking lot, triggering a back-and-forth between the two.

Trump, ahead of Tuesday's voting in New Hampshire, has offered his own brushback, pointing out how the Bush family history with eminent domain — in the case of the construction of the Rangers' stadium in the early 1990s.