President Barack Obama will once again turn to Bruce Springsteen to help him on the campaign trail. The Cleveland Plain Dealer is reporting that Springsteen will perform at two rallies for Obama next week.
Springsteen, as well as former President
Bill Clinton, will appear at a get out the vote rally in Parma,
Ohio on
Thursday, Oct. 18. He will then fly to Ames, Iowa, where he will
perform at another Obama event.
“Bruce Springsteen’s values echo what the president and vice
president stand for: hard work, fairness, integrity,” Jim Messina,
Obama’s campaign manager, said. “His appearances will help with our get
out the vote effort in these critical swing states and we are thrilled
with his ongoing support.”
Springsteen campaigned for Obama in 2008 as well as for John Kerry
four years earlier. However, despite the politically charged material on
his new album, ‘Wrecking Ball,’ he had heretofore been reluctant to get involved this time around.
“I did it twice because things were so dire,” he told the New Yorker
earlier this year. “It seemed like if I was ever going to spend
whatever small political capital I had, that was the moment to do so.
But that capital diminishes the more often you do it. While I’m not
saying never, and I still like to support the President, you know, it’s
something I didn’t do for a long time, and I don’t have plans to be out
there every time.”
