‘Battleground America’ guests: Oct. 24

MSNBC continues its fall coverage of the 2006 election Tuesday with “Decision 2006: Battleground America — The Homestretch.”

Interviews during the day will include:

NEWSMAKERS

• Dick Armey, Texas, former House Republican leader
• Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind.
• Rep. Sherrod Brown, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Ohio
• Howard Dean, Democratic National Committee chairman
• Tom DeLay, Texas, former House Republican leader
• Sen. Elizabeth Dole, R-N.C.
• Rep. Harold Ford, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Tennessee
• Kinky Friedman, independent candidate for Texas governor
• Rep. J.D. Hayworth, R-Ariz.
• Steve Harrison, Democratic candidate for U.S. House in New York
• Tim Mahoney, Democratic candidate for U.S. House in Florida
• Claire McCaskill, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Missouri
• Ken Mehlman, Republican National Committee chairman
• Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa.
• Bill Rauch, mayor of Beaufort, S.C.
• Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa.
• Dan Seals, Democratic candidate for U.S. House in Illinois
• The Rev. Al Sharpton, radio host and former Democratic presidential candidate
• Tony Snow, White House press secretary
• Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md.
• Sheldon Whitehouse, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Rhode Island

ANALYSTS

• Dan Balz, The Washington Post
• Mike Barnicle, MSNBC analyst and radio host
• Michael Beschloss, NBC News presidential historian
• Charlie Black, Republican strategist
• Pat Buchanan, MSNBC analyst
• Margaret Carlson, Bloomberg News
• Chris Cillizza, washingtonpost.com
• Charlie Cook, NBC News political analyst and publisher of the Cook Political Report
• Ana Marie Cox, Time.com
• Jim Cramer, CNBC
• Craig Crawford, MSNBC analyst
• Donny Deutsch, CNBC
• John Dickerson, Slate.com
• Matthew Dowd, Republican strategist and co-founder of HotSoup.com
• Michael Feldman, Democratic strategist and co-founder of HotSoup.com
• Howard Fineman, Newsweek
• David Gergen, US News & World Report
• Peter Hart, Democratic pollster
• John Harwood, CNBC chief Washington correspondent and The Wall Street Journal
• Victor Kamber, Democratic strategist
• Dan Klaidman, managing editor, Newsweek
• Joe Klein, Time magazine
• Ed Koch, former mayor of New York
• Anne Kornblut, The New York Times
• Mark Leibovich, The New York Times
• Mary Matalin, publisher and former assistant to President Bush
• Kate O’Beirne, Washington editor of The National Review
• Susan Page, USA Today
• Bill Press, Democratic strategist
• Ron Reagan, MSNBC analyst and radio host
• Eugene Robinson, columnist, The Washington Post
• Ed Rogers, former aide to President George H.W. Bush
• Ed Rollins, Republican strategist
• Hilary Rosen, Democratic strategist
• Larry Sabato, presidential historian and director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics
• Leslie Sanchez, Republican strategist
• Mudcat Saunders, Democratic strategist
• Bob Shrum, “Hardball” analyst
• Michael Smerconish, Philadelphia Daily News columnist and radio host
• Chip Smith, Democratic strategist and co-founder, HotSoup.com
• Ken Smukler, Democratic strategist and founder of VoterLink Data Systems
• A.B. Stoddard, The Hill
• Steve Thomma, McClatchy Newspapers
• Chuck Todd, “Hardball” analyst and editor-in-chief of The Hotline
• Richard Wolffe, Newsweek