Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te wā o te pōtitanga perehitini o U.S. 2008, "The Rising" i whakamahia tuatahitia hei waiata huihuinga kati i te pakanga a John Edwards. Ahakoa te whakatakotoranga pouri o te waiata, ko te "Whakatika ake" i rite ki te whakatupato whakamutunga o nga korero a Edwards. Na ka tiimata te kaupapa a Hillary Rodham Clinton ki te whakamahi i te waiata, ina koa i te mutunga o ana huihuinga, i nga whakanui wikitoria ranei. Whai muri i te whakaaetanga a Springsteen i te Paenga-whāwhā o te tau 2008 ki a Barack Obama,
I tīmata te pakanga a Obama ki te whakakapi i te "City of Blinding Lights" a U2 ki te "The Rising" hei waiata tīmatanga o te huihuinga.