Mitt Romney would drastically cut social-welfare programs, repeal Obama’s healthcare reform, increase the military budget by hundreds of billions of dollars and extend tax cuts for the richest Americans. Can we really afford to let that happen? On The Ed Show last night, Katrina vanden Heuvel explained to Ed Schultz that Mitt Romney’s positions on matters of national security, social-welfare programs and more can fit under only one category: extreme.

—Erin Schikowski