https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2012/11/10/how-bruce-springsteen-elected-barack-obama/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 08:33:11 -0400<![CDATA[Springsteen’s contribution to Obama’s victory has been, I believe, underrecognized and underappreciated. So think of this as a personal thank you to Bruce. He’s a figure whose work I’ve loved and struggled with for a long time. (I love the mixture of dread and exhilaration his music evokes; my faves include “Atlantic City,” “Darkness on the Edge of Town,” “Tougher Than the Rest.” I worry a bit about some of the anthemic bombast.) But I’ve always found appealing the original doomy vision that underlies his work, the genesis of his sensibility, his portraits of the sad, seedy romanticism of the Jersey shore (long before Jersey Shore). Advertisement]]>Sat, 10 Nov 2012 10:55:56 -0500<![CDATA[Erika Johnsen]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2012/11/10/how-bruce-springsteen-elected-barack-obama-n97350