Dan Walters' Capitol Q&A

Question: Within the plethoric blizzard of "Voter Information" pamphlets, there is not a word on the Judiciary nominees. Where is a good source information regarding these candidates?
-- Vic Merson, Fair Oaks

Answer: The Bee's voter guide covered the Supreme Court justices up for confirmation to new terms. In general, however, the media don't cover judicial offices unless there is an actual contest or a campaign to unseat a judge, which are both quite rare.
-- Dan Walters

Question: Today, C-SPAN glossed over this question twice. Just who pays for a sitting president to travel to campaign for members of his party, i.e. John Doolitle. etc.? Thank you.
-- Donna Wilson, Sacramento

Answer: As I understand it, the government is reimbursed from campaign funds, either those from the sponsoring organization, or someone else, based on a formula. Does that cover all the costs of presidential travel? No. If there are presidential aspects to the overall trip, those are factored in.
-- Dan Walters