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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.
If it rains in Northern California, Republicans Matt Fong and Dan Lungren could win upsets.
Critics claim the process is too susceptible to monied interest groups and upsets the "checks and balances of the legislative process."
At every point, Smiley upsets the usual expectations.
Mount Pleasant, S. C.--The usual insurgent candidate's strategy, which has not actually worked in 20 years in the GOP, is to score upsets in Iowa and New Hampshire.