I see you working here, but you're still putting too much trust in the people. I proposed a couple points in a thread, a while ago...

1. End "career politicians."
Jackholes like Ted "The Killer of Chapaquiddick" Kennedy are proof of this. Politicians might start out with people's best interests in mind, but then they get caught up in the "whatever it takes to get re-elected" mindset. It just goes downhill from there, until they're nothing but a shell of a human, just looking for the right baby to kiss, in front of a camera. I would propose a maximum of 2 3-year terms for everyone in the House & Senate. If they can't show progress in three whole years, then they're gone. If they can't get it done in six, then they're incompetent. Sooner or later, you're gonna start getting candidates with clear goals, and clear plans. Candidates who know, from the start, that they're "on the clock," regardless of how well they can lie to the constituents.

2. Presidents are appointed by Congress
Face it...people, in general, are too stupid or too uninformed to make an honest decision on what, or who, is best for this country. They put their selfish needs before what's best for the country. Whether it be the dregs who'll vote for whomever offers the biggest entitlements, or the CEO's who will vote for whomever will give them the biggest tax credits.

Who is? Who IS the most informed? Well, that would be Congress. They're the ones who are privy to all the top secret info. They're the ones who know who their fellow politicians really are. Let the House of Representatives elect candidates from each party, and then the Senate votes on which one shall hold office as the President. That way, there's no whoring to the masses for a vote, with false promises. There's none of this obscene expenditure along the campaign trail. There's none of these smear campaigns that are half biased, and half lie.

Hell...more than half of this country's citizens usually don't even vote anyway!