| Over the top | Republicans | Provisional vote[s] | Administration | [General] Patraeus |
| [Alternative] Energy | Purple state | Taxes / Taxpayers / Tax Plan | Pundit | Maverick |
| Irregularity | [John] McCain | 2008 GENERAL ELECTION BINGO (free square) | President[tial] | War |
| [Barack] Obama | Surprise | Joe the Plumber | State Senator | Middle Class |
| Battleground state | Health Care | Wall Street | State Assembly | Optimistic / Optimisim |