| Bottom up | Senator / Senate | Empower (or empowerment) | Regulation[s] | Unprecedented |
| Look | Earmark | Science | Education | Campaign |
| Administration | Mortgage | 2008 BARACK OBAMA BINGO (free square) | Touch base | Afghanistan |
| Strategic fit | [Alternative] Energy | Republicans | Free market | Out of the loop |
| Strategy / Strategic | Back from the brink | Benchmark | Job creation | Win-win |
| Free market | Unprecedented | At the end of the day | Infrastructure | Make no mistake |
| Education | Crisis | Health Care | Strategic fit | Out of the loop |
| Accountable | Security | 2008 BARACK OBAMA BINGO (free square) | Fannie / Freddie | Senator / Senate |
| Election | Bipartisan | Relief for working families | Win-win | Retirement |
| Fiscal restraint | China | 9/11 | Back from the brink | Inherited |