| Debt | Out of the loop | Look | Crisis | Fannie / Freddie |
| Education | Previous Administration | Election | Taxes / Taxpayers / Tax Plan | Make no mistake |
| American[s] | Relief for working families | 2008 BARACK OBAMA BINGO (free square) | Strategic fit | Reform |
| Economy / Economic | Afghanistan | Back from the brink | Infrastructure | Science |
| Republicans | Spread the wealth | Job creation | Fiscal restraint | Optimistic / Optimisim |