In the next few days, the US Senate re-assembles for what is already being billed as the 'trial of the century'.

The Senate must decide whether to uphold the charges of perjury and obstruction of justice laid by the House of Representatives against President Bill Clinton.

As the legal and political process drags on into another year, opinion polls suggest the American people are fed up with the whole process. They are also concerned about the damage done to the image of the presidency and the country.

Has this saga affected the way you view the world's most powerful nation and the way it conducts its affairs?

Click here to read and hear what callers to BBC World Service Radio's Newstalk programme had to say about the issue.

We are still taking e-mails for our poll of your views.

If you live in the United States, do you feel humiliated by the image of a president being questioned about sex as he tries to deal on the international stage?

Do you blame politicians in Congress for the continuing political crisis?

If you live elsewhere, how has your view of American democracy changed?

There are still those in Washington who suggest that a last minute deal could still be worked out in which the president would be censured without having to undergo a full trial. But senior Republicans have ruled out any immediate deal.

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