Denoucing Bush

A popular topic at the Democratic convention in California was the war in Iraq and it's grave mishandling by the Bush administration. Obama, as well as Clinton, were well-received for the jabbing remarks they made about misleading the country into war and Bush's promise to veto the bill passed by both houses of Congress. Obama vowed to "turn the page on this Iraq disaster."

Obama did not miss the opportunity to remind the left-leaning crowd that he is the only candidate to have denouced the war from the start. The remark is a continual sting to Clinton who voted in 2002 to authorize the invasion in Iraq. Obama has made his early opposition to the Iraq conflict a central theme of his campaign, and he told delegates he was proud to have bucked popular opinion at the time.

Both candidates also seized the opportunity to call for Bush to saw the bill, instead of vetoing a withdrawl timeline for Iraq.

With California moving its primary into February, like so many other states, it now has even more political clout than previously with its huge electoral college numbers.

Obama wowed California Democrats at their annual convention on the weekend, drawing a more passionate welcome than Hillary Clinton received hours earlier, a New Zealand online source says.