I do dream, but I've never dreamt about politicians making the world, the country, my state, or my municipality a better place. Ever.

As to presidential elections, I'm thinking more and more like my father all the time. He used to say whomever was president of the US made precious little difference in his personal life. He was a Republican who voted for Kennedy (the only Dem he ever voted for in prez politics), and King Richard regularly. He said he voted for King Richard because he did a good job keeping the city running. He said who the mayor was mattered a lot, the prez, not so much.