My thanks to Ann McFeatters for saying what we want.
We [at least Americans like me] want competence. We want adults in charge. We want an end to partisan bickering. We want the billions we entrust to our government to be handled wisely. We want our nation’s credibility abroad restored. We want an end to our soldiers’ returning to Iraq and Afghanistan for two, three and four rotations. We want our bridges and water mains to stop collapsing. We want our children to get educations that qualify them to take their places in the world. We want every man, woman and child who needs health care to get it without having to go into bankruptcy.
Nullius in Verba 
Competence is a good start. I also want to see an end to such a long list of things, like parliamentary self-interest, that there isn’t time in this day to tell you about them.
Thanks for flagging up some of the things that need attention, Timber.