| Security | Make no mistake | Administration | Election | China |
| Debt | Unprecedented | Back from the brink | Economy / Economic | Job creation |
| Strategic fit | Empower (or empowerment) | 2008 BARACK OBAMA BINGO (free square) | Terrorists / Terrorism | Main Street |
| Change | Mindset | Let me be clear | Loophole[s] | Mortgage |
| Science | Fiscal restraint | Inherited | 9/11 | Spread the wealth |