| Clue: | Four Letter Word: | Rung Number |
| President who ran against [last rung] in 2000. | |
| What Sarah Palin yells at dog teams. | |
| To think something (like a platform) over. | |
| Unable to speak - the worst state for a democracy. | |
| A small particle. | |
| To be excessively fond of, like a politician with a baby. | |
| What people must do in democracy. | |
| Small animal commonly mistaken for a rat. (No, not Eliot Spitzer) | |
| Unit of electric potential difference. | |
| South Australian 'Vehicle on Road Test' | |
| In English: Green Party of Canada, in French, Parti ____ du Canada | |
| Sidekick to Ernie. (Not Ernie Isley) | |
| A level space or shelf separating two things. | |
| The length of time a politician spends in office. | |
| A type of bird. | |
| A type of plant. | |
| Where the Swiss Bundesrat is. | |
| Lima, but not the capital of Peru. | |
| A declining market. | |
| The only thing we have to ____ is ____ itself. - FDR | |
| An impressive act; Ron Paul getting elected would be one. | |
| Touched. | |
| What the ice caps will do, according to [last rung]. | |
| To shed old feathers or hair. | |
| Mortimer Zuckerman's nickname. | |