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> I like su better than sudo -s,
Without more precise reasons for that, please understand we can't take that request into account There are no downsides of using 'sudo -s' versus su.
> and local root login is nicer for servicing a system than the potential alternative of needing to reboot and chroot
why reboot and choot? You can do everything you want using 'sudo -s' and Authentication prompt dialogs. And if you really want a admin-dedicated account, you can create an account only for that, which a secure password, give him admin rights and choose it in the list when authenticating. I guess you didn't get my point because you think the drop-down doesn't work: actually, it will allow you to choose any user, but not root, because it's not supposed to have a password in this design. Just create a normal admin account, and everything will work.
Please don't consider this behavior as a failure. You're not such an "uneducated user" since you managed to create an account without password. No Ubuntu documentation nor any graphical tool allowed you to do so, and there's a reason for that. The only failure here is that described in bug 393854, which is about allowing easy password-less accounts. If you don't want to create a separate admin account, I suggest you apply the method I described in my last comment and that is on that bug report too.