| Election | Precondition | Strategy / Strategic | Defense | Bush |
| Transparency | Waste | Taxes / Taxpayers / Tax Plan | McCain | Spread the wealth |
| Job[s] / Job Creation | 9/11 | 2008 PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES BINGO (free square) | Retirement | Loophole[s] |
| [Ronald] Reagan | Pork | Joe Biden | Washington | Walking the walk / Talking the talk |
| Change | Crisis | Joe the Plumber | American[s] | Reform |
| Withdrawal | Oversight | Waste | Walking the walk / Talking the talk | Troops |
| Transparency | Washington | [General] Patraeus | NATO | Putin |
| Security | Homeowners | 2008 PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES BINGO (free square) | Education | Pork |
| President[tial] | Sanctions | Loophole[s] | Bottom up | Bin Laden |
| Terrorists / Terrorism | China | Earmark | Illinois | 9/11 |