Casting your ballot

Every four years, we vote for President here in the United States.  We generally choose between one of two people, even though by law we can vote for anyone at all — by writing in a name that's not on the ballot.  If you could choose any living person to govern the place where you live, who would you choose, and why?

What would you expect that person to be able to do as leader?  Are you able to do any of those same things, even on a small scale or on a local level?  What's stopping you?