Exactly. As an extreme example (and I'm not making comparisons), Hitler did a lot to improve the Germany of the 1930s, especially fiscally. But nothing can begin to excuse murdering millions of people, no matter how great the gain in other areas.

And, to me, Bush's foreign policy is a make-or-break thing for me. In fact, the major reason I like Howard Dean (not to the exclusion of all others) is because of his outspoken stance against Bush's foreign policy. If nothing else, he's gotten the rest of the Democratic party (other than Lieberman) on board with that. One of the reasons I dislike most of the other candidates (not to the exclusion of Dean) is because they voted for Bush's nigh unlimited power overseas.