Public Citizen has launched a new Web-based effort to rescue and strengthen the presidential public financing system. This country was founded on the notion that democracy should be of, for and by the people. The value of that notion hasn't lessened. And neither should our resolve to achieve it.

This is a fight to replace the stench and corrosive impact of big money politics with integrity by our political leaders and policies that serve the best interests of the American people -- from clean air and water, to access to quality health care, to fairness and safety for rank-and-file workers.

WhiteHouseForSale.org will track special interest contributions made to President Bush and document what contributors have received in return -- especially as their agendas trample over what is best for Americans.

WhiteHouseForSale.org is focused on the president because he is the only major candidate to opt out of the public financing system that was designed to make the White House "the People's House" and not "the Profit House."

This weekend, George W. Bush held a barbecue in Crawford, Texas for 350 corporate executives, CEOs and lobbyists who are building an unprecedented political money machine to raise an obscene $200 million for the president's unopposed primary campaign.

Our fight to rescue and strengthen the presidential public financing system will be won citizen by citizen by citizen. And that's why we're writing today to tell you about this important effort.