Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Panguva yesarudzo yemutungamiri wenyika yeU.S. ya2008, "The Rising" yakatanga kushandiswa senziyo yokuvhara mushandirapamwe wokuratidzira nehurongwa hwaJohn Edwards. Pasinei zvapo nomugariro wakasviba werwiyo rwacho, rwiyo rwacho runoti "Simukai" rwakafanana nokurudziro yokugumisa hurukuro dzaEdwards. Mushandirapamwe waHillary Rodham Clinton wakazotangawo kushandisa rwiyo urwu, kunyanya pakupera kwemisangano yake kana kupemberera kukunda. Kutevera kutsigira kwaApril 2008 kwaSpringsteen kwaBarack Obama,
Mushandirapamwe waObama wakatanga kutsiva "Guta reMwenje Inopofumadza" reU2 ne"Kusimuka" senziyo yavo yokutanga yemusangano.