Brilliant post by Adam Boulton:
As I was coming through immigration, even the Homeland Security officer checking my passport looked at my name and asked if I was related to John Bolton, the former UN ambassador.
On TV, their talk show hosts such as Jay Leno, David Letterman and John Stewart are funny but serious - cutting through the spin to put the candidates to the test.
And they don't do pee, bum, belly, poo jokes either.
Leno and Letterman's wise cracks epitomise what the public is really wondering about their next President.
And what to we get? Jonathan Ross asking David Cameron if he used to masturbate about Mrs Thatcher.
We love to attack the US media such as Fox and MSNBC for bias - but what they are doing is arguing fiercely about the issues and attitudes which will define their nation for the next eight years, teasing out such fundamental issues as race, gender, equality, liberty and power.
Their viewers are being fed food for thought.
I don't know what the BBC thinks it's serving up. But it's not serving the public.
To get more from opinion, click here to sign up for our free Editor's Picks newsletter.