What do you want?

I was having a conversation with a friend about the state of our world.  We of course have limited information about all the problems but that does not keep us from having solutions.  As we talked about the people that lead us I asked him “What do you want from our next president? Assume that he will know more about the world situations than you know or I know.  Assume that he might not do what we would want him to do. What do you want from him in that situation? Or does the president have to do everything the way I would want?”  Well we had some fun over the next few minutes playing with that idea. 

I’m wondering if we can have that conversation here on the blog.  Set aside the ideas about taxation or the economy that you hold. Set aside your political slant.  Assume that the president has more information than you have about the problems in our country.  Assume he may have to do things you would not want him to do.  What do you want from him in that situation?