Itachi deserve to be hokage

[Ghostface Killah]

But don't Hokages need to be able to see?

 

[U C H I H A]

Yes he possessed all the points on the criteria that is needed to be Hokage.

• The Will of Fire
• Love for Konohagakure and its villages
• Not power hungry
• Desires peace
• Intelligent and strategic
• One of the strongest, if not the strongest ninja in Konohagakure at the time period of inauguration
  

Itachi follows this list so yes he would have made a formidable Hokage.