I am with you Helen - I haven't been to the US since 01 and there will have to be a very severe and important reason for me to go, though I can not think of one right now that would be important enough. If the democrats win, I might reconsider, but even that has to been seen, as I am not sure they will make such a big difference to the US foreign policy and seeing how European Governments are getting more hysteric too.