Bruce Springsteen and Bill Clinton attracted a beyond capacity crowd to a campaign stop on behalf of President Obama Thursday (10/18) at Cuyahoga Community College near Cleveland, Ohio.  Springsteen had indicated that he planned to stay on the sidelines this election season but decided to make himself available as polls showed Republican nominee Mitt Romney narrowing the incumbent's lead going into the closing weeks of the campaign.  A statement posted to Springsteen's web site suggested he thinks the stakes are too high for him not to get involved and that getting out the vote for the President is important to him because he considers Obama the better candidate to narrow the gap between the American dream and the American reality, adding, "...our vote, is the principle way we get to determine that distance and that equation'.
During the rally, Springsteen said his support for Obama centers on the President's health care reform, support of women's rights, his decision that the US auto industry was too important not to rescue and his determination to give lower and middle class Americans a better path forward.  Noting the slow pace of improvement, Springsteen said progress can often be a, '...slow march, inch by inch, day after long day', adding, 'I believe we are in the midst of those long days right nor. And I am here because President Obama feels those days in his bones - for all 100%.'  He closed with a close-to-home appeal to voters in a state with a lot of jobs tied to the automotive industry, saying, 'When you were down, you were out and your whole economy was threatened, the president had your back. You've got to have his back too.'
Plans are also in the works for a free concert in Virginia, another state considered critical by both parties in this year's election day results.
WashingtonPost.com

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