Dhameystir weedhan soo socota: Intii lagu guda jiray doorashadii madaxtinimada Mareykanka ee 2008, "The Rising" ayaa markii ugu horreysay loo adeegsaday inay noqoto heesta xirka ololaha ololaha ee ololaha John Edwards. In kasta oo ay tahay goobta murugada leh ee heesta, haddana "Rise up" ayaa la jaanqaaday dhiirigelinta ugu dambeysa ee khudbadaha Edwards. Ololaha Hillary Rodham Clinton ayaa markaa bilaabay inuu adeegsado heesta sidoo kale, gaar ahaan dhamaadka isu soo baxyadeeda ama dabaaldegyada guusha. Ka dib markii Springsteen uu taageeray Barack Obama bishii Abriil 2008,
Ololaha Obama wuxuu bilaabay in lagu badalo heesta "City of Blinding Lights" ee U2 heesta "The Rising" oo ah heesta ay ku bilaabayaan isu soo baxa.