| Bipartisan | Election | Fiscal restraint | Climate Change | Afghanistan |
| Crisis | Senator / Senate | Benchmark | Republicans | Change |
| Retirement | Administration | 2008 BARACK OBAMA BINGO (free square) | Previous Administration | Accountable |
| War | Strategic fit | Taxes / Taxpayers / Tax Plan | Trust | American[s] |
| Mindset | Earmark | China | Middle Class | Relief for working families |