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You won't believe how Trump and Carson have become a disrupting force in the Republican Party!

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'What you're seeing is that people are angry. Where's the change?'

Republican presidential hopefuls Ben Carson and Donald Trump have disrupted Republican politicians and have many questioning where the United States is headed should either become the next American President.

LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - Members of the Republican party worry that either Trump or Carson, neither of whom have experience in political leadership, will remain at the top of the polls and could potentially topple the status-quo.

Eric Fehrnstrom, former adviser to Mitt Romney, said: "The rest of the field is still wishing upon a star that Trump and Carson are going to self-destruct. They have to be made to self-destruct ... Nothing has happened at this point to dislodge Trump or Carson.

"We're about to step into the holiday time accelerator," he added, "You have Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's, then Iowa and a week later, New Hampshire, and it's going to be over in the blink of an eye."

Prior to the fourth Republican debate, GOP professionals assumed Trump and Carson would be outstaged by more experienced politicians, but the expectation was not met.

Thomas H. Kean Sr., former New Jersey governor, said GOP power brokers "assure [him] that Trump and Carson will eventually fade." The 80-year-old continued, saying, "Then we'll talk some more, and I give them a reality check. I'll say, 'The guy in the grocery store likes Trump. So does the guy who cuts my hair. They're probably going to stick with him. Who knows if this ends?'"

South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley believes "a lot of people ... were told that if we got a majority in the House and a majority in the Senate, then life was gonna be great. What you're seeing is that people are angry. Where's the change? Why aren't there bills on the president's desk every day for him to veto? They're saying, 'Look, what you said would happen didn't happen, so we're going to go with anyone who hasn't been elected.'"

Peter A. Wish, a Florida doctor several 2016 candidates have attempted to side with them, said: "I'm not a happy camper ... I'm very worried that the Republican-base voter is more motivated by anger, distrust of D.C. and politicians and will throw away the opportunity to nominate a candidate with proven experience that can win."

Following Trumps announcement that "wages are too high" and his plans for creating a "deportation force" to remove over 11 million illegal immigrants in the United States, Republicans worry where the party is heading. 

Former GOP chairman Dick Wadhams commented on Trump's claims, saying, "To have a leading candidate propose a new federal force that is going to flush out illegal immigrants across the nation? That's very disturbing and concerning to me about where that leads Republicans."

Austin Barbour, a veteran operative and current advisor to Jeb Bush, believes, "If we don't have the right [nominee], we could lose the Senate, and we could face losses in the House. Those are very, very real concerns. If we're not careful and we nominate Trump, we're looking at a race like Barry Goldwater in 1964 or George McGovern in 1972, getting beat up across the board because of our nominee."

Perhaps the most disconcertingly valid comment came from retired career politician George Voinovich, who said, "This business has turned into show business. We can't afford to have somebody sitting in the White House who doesn't have governing experience and the gravitas to move this country ahead."

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