Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'oge ntuliaka onyeisiala US nke 2008, "The Rising" bụ nke mbụ e ji mee ihe dị ka abụ mkpọsa mkpọsa mkpọsa nke mkpọsa John Edwards. N'agbanyeghị ọnọdụ ọjọọ nke abụ ahụ, "Bilie" nke a na-agụ n'abụ ahụ kwekọrọ n'okwu mmechi nke okwu Edwards. Mgbasa ozi Hillary Rodham Clinton wee malite iji abụ ahụ, karịsịa na njedebe nke nzukọ ya ma ọ bụ mmeri mmeri. Mgbe Springsteen kwadoro Barack Obama na Eprel 2008,
Mgbasa ozi Obama malitere dochie "City of Blinding Lights" nke U2 na "The Rising" dị ka abụ ha na-amalite.