If the desire to rule is in everyone (and I am fine with that), and if Kolo is right that it is the mother of all heresies, then it is also in your leaders, not just the Protestants. Your argument is only based on your belief that your leaders are "super-graced" and are above seeking power, perhaps at a group level. However, you have a single pope. He absolutely claims to speak for the Holy Spirit ex cathedra. Does the pope get a special exemption from the "everyone" you speak of above just as Mary eludes "all" in Romans 3?
I have witnessed Blogger on this thread, and Blogger certainly fancies no personal papacy. We don't need a pope. It is fine if you think you do, but you can't transfer your belief of the "need" to us. At best, the "equivalent" of our "pope" would be the scriptures themselves.
Blogger certainly fancies no personal papacy
The difference is that the Church (the pope or her bishops) speak, that is because of the laying of the hands of the apostles that allowed them. "How can they preach unless they are sent?" When Blogger speaks that is his opinion only. Point Blogger to any authority -- true or Protestant -- and he will take it or leave it according to his own mindset. That is pride, mother of all heresies, in operation.