| Strategic fit | Unprecedented | Health Care | Back from the brink | Security |
| Taxes / Taxpayers / Tax Plan | Inherited | Crisis | Relief for working families | Bottom up |
| Win-win | Infrastructure | 2008 BARACK OBAMA BINGO (free square) | Let me be clear | War |
| Bipartisan | Loophole[s] | Earmark | China | Homeowners |
| Reform | Job creation | American[s] | Afghanistan | Terrorists / Terrorism |
| Inherited | Out of the loop | Infrastructure | Let me be clear | Science |
| Economy / Economic | War | Change | Touch base | Terrorists / Terrorism |
| Crisis | Optimistic / Optimisim | 2008 BARACK OBAMA BINGO (free square) | Campaign | Trust |
| Loophole[s] | Election | Spread the wealth | China | Strategic fit |
| Senator / Senate | Afghanistan | Back from the brink | Look | Job creation |