| Education | Back from the brink | Regulation[s] | Touch base | Bipartisan |
| $250,000 | Strategic fit | Unprecedented | Let me be clear | Win-win |
| Loophole[s] | Health Care | BARACK OBAMA BINGO (free square) | Previous Administration | Inherited |
| Economy / Economic | Security | Make no mistake | Earmark | Administration |
| Debt | Campaign | Out of the loop | Benchmark | Crisis |