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At every point, Smiley upsets the usual expectations.
The idea is simple: Given "the end of racism," or at least the end of "irrational" discrimination, minority bellyaching only upsets what would otherwise be the proper social equilibrium.
Critics claim the process is too susceptible to monied interest groups and upsets the "checks and balances of the legislative process."
If it rains in Northern California, Republicans Matt Fong and Dan Lungren could win upsets.
There is much crowing about the resurgence of the Democratic Party in the South, given Fritz Hollings' Senate victory, gubernatorial upsets in South Carolina and Alabama, and a probable gubernatorial win in Georgia.