| Education | Regulation[s] | Earmark | Reform | [Alternative] Energy |
| Administration | At the end of the day | Benchmark | Empower (or empowerment) | Bipartisan |
| Unprecedented | Out of the loop | 2008 BARACK OBAMA BINGO (free square) | Science | War |
| Signs of recovery | Security | Free market | Optimistic / Optimisim | $250,000 |
| Inherited | Crisis | Previous Administration | Strategic fit | Loophole[s] |
| Fannie / Freddie | Win-win | Back from the brink | Senator / Senate | Retirement |
| Previous Administration | Election | Security | Trust | Bipartisan |
| Debt | Inherited | 2008 BARACK OBAMA BINGO (free square) | Benchmark | Make no mistake |
| Strategy / Strategic | 9/11 | Climate Change | Change | Earmark |
| Strategic fit | Free market | Economy / Economic | Mindset | Let me be clear |