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Springsteen Songs Slip into Obama's Play List Post Endorsement

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April 17, 2008 7:15 PM

ABC News' Sunlen Miller Reports: When Senator Obama took the stage a rally in Greenville, North Carolina gone were the words of "City of Blinding Lights," the U2 song that the candidate has regularly taken the stage to since the early days leading up to the Iowa caucus.

Today, however U2's familiar tunes were replaced with Bruce Springsteen's "The Rising."

Senator Obama picked up the endorsement of the boss himself on Wednesday.

Is this a preview of Springsteen making an appearance with Obama anytime soon?

The Obama campaign says they’d love to have Springsteen out on the campaign trail but have not made any formal arrangements for joint appearances….yet.

The popular hit "The Rising," is also a staple at former President Clinton's events as he campaigns for his wife.

Bruce Springsteen hits Raleigh, North Carolina just days before the state's crucial May 6th primary – for a concert on April 27th. Senator Clinton has agreed to a debate for the same night - and same city - that Senator Obama has not yet confirmed he will attend.

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Stop Obama! Obama will cause the dollar to plummet, Oil to sky rocket, he’ll start wars, send jobs over sea and make Americans pay for it, borrow money from China and make everyone pay except the guys that received the money. He may even have a group of thugs like Exxon and Enron write energy policy or worse, smash the economy and then change the bankruptcy law so that everyone lives like a sharecropper.

Oh crap, my wife said it’s already been done……never mind.

Stop Obama anyway, sharecropping isn’t so bad. It worked just fine in Mexico until the revolution.

Posted by: Republican realest | Apr 17, 2008 9:20:53 PM

Clinton supporters, we welcome you to Campaign. Come on up for the rising!
Get on the winning team! Work with us to defeat McCain. We welcome you!!!

God bless America and God bless Barack Obama for president!

Posted by: wanakee | Apr 17, 2008 9:29:00 PM

Jo:

McCain is getting some edge in the polls at the moment because he's basically on vacation while the Democratic Nomination process is drawn out.

When the nomination is finalized, the polls MIGHT begin to be more realistic. Though I'm not much of a believer in polls, anyway. But McCain will not fare well against Obama and a united Democratic Party.

As for baggage and Kerry, etc. I can only hope the American people learned from their mistake in 2004 in reelecting Bush/Cheney instead of impeaching them. Time will tell.

So, keep up your optimism; it'll help lessen the depression in November when McCain loses badly!!!

Obama 2008 -- Yes, WE CAN!!!

Posted by: Jackt51 -- Vietnam Vet and Proud Liberal | Apr 17, 2008 9:37:53 PM

United Dem party? Talk about an oxymoron. Ohio and Fla are in the GOP's pocket by larger margins than recent years and my Mighigan is a toss up. Raise my taxes? I don't think so.

Posted by: Steve Clapp | Apr 17, 2008 9:53:42 PM

You're right about one thing. Obama CAN make history. He will be the first Neville Chamberlin of this century.

Posted by: Steve Clapp | Apr 17, 2008 9:57:18 PM

I'm one of Obama constituents here in the socialist state of Illinois. I am in field service and travel around the state quite a bit. Let me tell you the people of Illinois are none to happy with their Senator Obama and are actually looking forward to getting him out of the senate in 2010,as well as his partner Durbin in 2008! I even saw a poll from Massachusetts that has Obama only beating McCain by 2% and its only April!!

Thats my rant

FIGHT 'EM UNTIL YOU CAN'T!!!!!

Posted by: Jack | Apr 17, 2008 10:00:21 PM

Jack-I feel your pain. I have a daughter living in Illinois. Remember Obama got elected after the media somehow broke into Ryan's SEALED divorce settlement from 5 years earlier and smeared him on the suggestions he made to his then WIFE, Jeri Ryan, 7 of 9, on Star Trek Voyager. It was released so late that there wasn't time to get a real opponent. Obama is too green and naive and marxist. A Neville Chamberlin of the 21st century.

Posted by: Steve Clapp | Apr 17, 2008 10:08:26 PM

JO...Michelle wasn't proud because her husband might win. She was REALLY proud because people were getting so envolved in politics finally. You mis quoters are something else. Exact quote was "for the first time in my adult life I am REALLY proud......" Can you say you are actually a proud Republican? Are you so blind to all that is wrong with our country thanks to Bush?

Posted by: nancy | Apr 17, 2008 10:12:37 PM

The Rising is OK, but not his best. Some suggestions for future rallies:

Lost In The Flood, The E Street Shuffle, Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out, Born To Run, Badlands, The Promised Land, Out In The Street, The River, Reason To Believe, No Surrender, Because The Night, Tougher Than The Rest, Leap Of Faith, Streets Of Philadelphia, Murder Incorporated, This Hard Land, Youngstown, My Love Will Not Let You Down, Land Of Hope And Dreams, Further On (Up The Road), Radio Nowhere, Last To Die.

Posted by: El_Pajaro | Apr 17, 2008 10:13:43 PM

NANCY-I WAS proud when the statue of Sadam was pulled down. The guy violated his probation, no make that "double secret probation" a ton of times. The UN failed to act. Russia and France were owed money by Sadam. Since then, Germany, Canada, Italy and even France have voted in pro-American leaders that are less liberal. The only "whole world" that hates us is the Arab world. That has been the case for 60 years. Remember Sirhan Sirhan? Shot RFK for supporting arms to Israel? Sirhan was convicted on April 17, 1969. ANOTHER day I was proud.

Posted by: Steve Clapp | Apr 17, 2008 10:25:00 PM

Jack you are not from Illanois, but New York. WestCoastMessanger, Hill the Bosnian General is the past the years 1990s nobody would like to transform again the Lincoln bedroom into a paid guesthouse. Hill and Bill are a couple of 109 milion dollars and 800 000 from Colombia's Urube to ship American jobs to South America. This is not a question of money from Obama 's side and for Hill's side a question of trust and who get back America back to leasd the world and solve economic issues and fainess. The Boss is making his great contribution to that objective. Hill the Bosnian General is unlectable and you have to live with that reality, face the reality as some people will say. God bless America and God Bless Obama.OBAMA08.

Posted by: BKMC | Apr 17, 2008 10:27:24 PM

Michelle Obama said 'For the first time in my adult life I am proud of my country because I think people are hungry for change. I have been desperate to see our country moving in that direction & not feeling so alone in my frustration & disappointment. I have seen people hungry to be unified on some basic common issue & it has made me proud" Found on You Tube from Fox News.

With the internet you can find complete speeches, interviews for yourself and not believe sound bites taken totally out of context, quotes that have been chopped up. US media distorts what all 3 have said.

Posted by: monarnyc | Apr 17, 2008 10:28:48 PM

Flag pins, Rev. Wright...just curious, is that what passes for a debate in America?
No wonder we foreigners think the U.S. is a joke. What happens in your country greatly affects the rest of the world. THAT is why the world wants Obama to win.

Posted by: Miranda | Apr 17, 2008 10:31:06 PM

Danny Federici, The Organist for Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band died today of Cancer. You probably wont see Bruce with Obama anytime soon

RIP Danny :-(

Posted by: hnmnf | Apr 17, 2008 10:34:26 PM

Miranda-Yeah. The terrorist world does want Obama.

Posted by: Steve Clapp | Apr 17, 2008 10:34:59 PM

That's too bad about Danny. It's cool the way Bruce kept the old gang, crew, band, together after all these years. He even got Little Steven back in and kept Nils. The last tour wasn't his best though.

Posted by: Steve Clapp | Apr 17, 2008 10:38:37 PM

Oh, shoot, and I loved Springsteen so much. Oh, well, since I won't be buying anymore of his CDs at least I will save money to pay for my healthcare.

Posted by: hfettie | Apr 17, 2008 10:51:54 PM

Oh, shoot, and I loved Springsteen so much. Oh, well, since I won't be buying anymore of his CDs at least I will save money to pay for my healthcare.

Posted by: hfettie | Apr 17, 2008 10:52:01 PM

Bruce is as confused as Barack. Neither one understands the sacrifices that have been made on their behalf. They go well together. They are both ashamed of their country.

Posted by: Jim Jacobson | Apr 17, 2008 11:05:58 PM

BKMC I am too from Illinois!!!!

And from reading your post you appear to be from the state of Illiterates!!!!!

Fight 'em until you can't!!!!

Posted by: Jack | Apr 17, 2008 11:11:51 PM

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