Phil Angelides has had a tough making headlines in his campaign to unseat Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger — so this is good news:

In a move to bolster his appeal among Democrats, state Treasurer Phil Angelides said Saturday night that on his first day as governor, he would call on President Bush to withdraw California’s National Guard troops from the war in Iraq.

The Democratic nominee for governor said in a telephone interview that he would take court action against Bush if necessary to extract the state’s National Guard members from Iraq. He said he would also urge other governors and members of Congress to join his effort.

Frank Rich mentioned it on George Stephanapolous’ show this morning, which is good. Maybe the newsers will give it some play next week.