Today, presidential hopeful John Kerry came to California to kick off a multi-state fundraising tour. He's in Northern California today and comes to the southland tomorrow.

President Bush, of course, has been here before, fundraising, and there's little doubt he'll be back to raise more money. If you've ever wondered who gives and how much, that information is out there and as we'll show you, it's easier to get than you might think.

In the world of politics money talks louder than almost anything else. Especially come election time. President Bush is rumored to already have a war-chest of 100 million dollars for his re-election campaign. And challenger John Kerry is raising more money every day. Where does it all come from? Much of it is donated by folks across the country and right here in the desert. Residents in Indian Wells for instance have given tens of thousands of dollars to Mr. Bush. How do we know? Well it says so right here on this www.fundrace.org.

All you have to do is type in your address, we'll use the station address, your zip code and up pops a list of all your neighbors who have ponied up for politics how much they gave and who they gave to. Now this is all public information but ask the public how they feel about it and you hear vastly different things.

“So you can just look this up on the internet?”

“You gotta be kidding me? It's right on line?”

“What's the web site?”

“It's a personal issue that you want to give why should other people know about it?”

“That's a huge intrusion.”

“I think it's a good thing.”

“Oh boy this is neat.”

“Let's see if there are any dems in Indian Wells, that'd be fun.”

Dr. Bill Gudelunes teaches political science at College of the Desert.”

“George Bush, George Bush, George Bush. I think Bush might just carry Indian Wells in this election, what do you think?”

Any donation to a presidential campaign is public record, but Gudelunes says when it's this public it can be a problem.

“I just think if I were in this situation, it'd make me a little more hesitant to give.”

“I don't like it at all. I will have second thoughts about donating.”

“It would impair any thoughts I had of contributing.”

But the fact is this is the digital age and that means a wealth of information is right at your fingertips, like it or not.

“That's the internet.”

Again, that site is www.fundrace.org.