DENVER - San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, a staunch Hillary Clinton supporter, added to the chorus of politicians Wednesday saying the media is making too much of the split between Barack Obama and the New York senator.

In a brief interview with PolitickerCA.com in the lobby of the Sheraton Denver, Newsom said he was impressed with Clinton's speech on Tuedsay in that accomplished a lot and left no doubt that he message was about unifying two campaigns to produce a victory for Obama in November.

"It was great to see those Hillary signs come with a note that they were paid for by the Obama campaign - that was a nice touch on their part. Everything they had hoped for was delivered last night," Newsom said. "The speech she gave last night was important. The message was that it ain't about us (politicians.) We need to get to over that. We're conduits for the voters. It's got to be about real people and real life."

Newsom predicted that Obama will seal the deal with Democrats during his nomination acceptance speech at Invesco Field Thursday evening.

"With 75,000 supporters around you -- I don't care who you are, you're going to be inspired," Newsom said. "Even if he gives a mediocre Barack Obama speech - and he won't - people will be sitting there crying, inspired and even mesmerized."

Newsom laughed at himself about his convention experience.

"As compared to Boston I'm making huge progress. At least this time I've got a floor pass," Newsom quipped.

"I may not be speaking from the floor this time around, but I am speaking at more organized events than ever before. At some of these events I'm sitting with senators and chief executive officers of some of the largest companies in the U.S. about healthcare and they're asking me how San Francisco is doing it. That's pretty powerful from my perspective," Newsom said.  

The mayor also briefly touched on the continuing state budget stalement in Sacramento and said that the state constitutional requirement that all spending plans receive a two-thirds majority vote of the legislation should be revisited.

"It's time to look at the two-thirds requirement. Maybe there's a fundamental problem (in that we have) a tyranny of a minority," Newsom said. "I mean we have one or two people holding up an entire government of one of the largest economies in the world. Does that make any sense?"