| Earmark | Reform | Drill[ing] | War | Accountability |
| Nuclear Power | Oil / Gas | Wall Street | 9/11 | [William] Ayers |
| Bailout | Resolution | 2008 JOHN MCCAIN BINGO (free square) | Iran | Securities and Exchange Commision / SEC |
| Troops | Surge | Greed | Defense | Bipartisan |
| Job[s] / Job Creation | Iraq | Senator / Senate | Maverick | Experience |