You don't run for public office unless you have a specific vision. You are driven by ideas and a vision.
It is nice to be around people who think differently than you. They challenge your ideas and keep you from being complacent.
Most regular superhero books are designed to go on forever; of course, very few of them do, but the point is they are trying to throw mud against the wall and hope it will stick, and most of it slides off.

