| Surge | Washington | Record[s] | Walking the walk / Talking the talk | Defense |
| Arizona | Putin | Obama | Oversight | Rich |
| Waste | Earmark | 2008 JOHN MCCAIN BINGO (free square) | Pork | Maverick |
| [William] Ayers | Accountability | [Ronald] Reagan | Resolution | Wall Street |
| Joe the Plumber | Oil / Gas | Iraq | Experience | Bipartisan |
| Taxes / Taxpayers / Tax Plan | Job[s] / Job Creation | Defense | Transparency | Oversight |
| Precondition | War | Fannie / Freddie | Walking the walk / Talking the talk | Earmark |
| Arizona | Veterans | 2008 JOHN MCCAIN BINGO (free square) | Record[s] | Terrorists / Terrorism |
| Spending | Surge | [William] Ayers | Oil / Gas | Iraq |
| 9/11 | Experience | Rich | Troops | Pork |