As an international attorney in San Diego, Newport Beach and Palm Springs, it has become apparent that in the International Financial Arena, "what have you done for us lately?" is not a question being put to the U.S. right now. The Europeans have already seen what the American mortgage meltdown did for them. It spread their way like a trans-Atlantic virus that they couldn't run away from and there is little the Europeans want from the U.S. now besides help restoring calm and a new American leader they can trust again.