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<p>SAN JOSE, Calif. - Delegates to the California Democratic Party convention delayed a decision Sunday on whether to support Proposition 57, the statewide bond measure championed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger as the key to his economic recovery program.</p> <p>The proposition, which goes before voters at the March 2 primary, would allow the state to borrow $15 billion to pay off debts which come due June 30.</p>

<p>A noticeably subdued group of California Democrats opened its annual convention Saturday, pledging to re-elect Sen. Barbara Boxer and defeat President Bush in November.</p> <p>But the recall race that bounced Democratic Gov. Gray Davis in October in favor of Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger cast a long shadow across the convention hall. It left speakers struggling for a message to motivate activists after the party's most humiliating defeat in years.</p>

<p>SAN JOSE, Calif. (Reuters) - Democrats in California, the nation's most populous state, gathered for their annual conference on Saturday battered and in disarray after Arnold's Schwarzenegger's rise to governor in a recall vote that tossed out the Democratic incumbent in October.</p>

Lockyer apologizes for `frat boy' description (booed for voting for Arnold) *** Calif. Democrats Pledge to Re-Elect Boxer (Bush officials compared to vegetables) *** State Demos fix sights on 2004 (Lyndon LaRouche Jr. stages sit-in) *** Posted on Sat, Jan. 17, 2004 Lockyer apologizes for `frat boy' description By Dion Nissenbaum Mercury News Standing before a large group of skeptical Democratic women, Attorney General Bill Lockyer apologized Friday night for describing allegations that Arnold Schwarzenegger had sexually harassed several women before he became governor as ``frat boy behavior.'' ``Anyone that I offended I apologize to,'' Locker told more than 300...

Attorney General Bill Lockyer, the only top Democrat to admit he voted for Arnold Schwarzenegger in the recall election, felt the wrath of party members this weekend at its state convention -- and it just might dim his hopes of becoming California's next governor. Lockyer, once seen as a top prospect for 2006, was booed at more than one appearance at the convention because of his admission he voted for a Republican and his dismissal of the groping charges against Schwarzenegger as simple "frat-boy" antics. He particularly angered the women's caucus Friday night when, after getting a hostile reaction from...