I, personally, want a president and an administration who together will be aware of the 'hard' issues of our times and our world, and be honest about them AS issues, whether they are immediately solvable or not! There are far too many topics which are flatly not addressed because they are too 'PC' or considered too 'hot'.

One of these is the details of the environmental/population problems. Another is immigration.
Others are... the right of humans to FREELY choose sexual orientation, marriage configuration, abortion, when necessary, religious preference or LACK thereof, and, in relation to these, the issue of having the law swing wildly according to whether the Supreme Court is left or right! That is, I want these 'freedoms' to be either mandated clearly in Constitutional amendments or stare decisis ..."settled law".
   Yes, I am QUITE aware that I am asking a lot and that these things would be fought over: what I want is an intelligent, ongoing attempt to clarify the issues and quit ignoring them because they are 'hard'.

This world has some real problems, and I would hope a 'mandate' would give the next administration the guts to confront them with honest dialogue and the beginnings of a sane attempt to deal with them.


Oh, yeah... I'd also like 'product dating' reinstated on our foods.