Despite Rain, Obama and Springsteen Rally Ohio Crowd

(CBS)

From CBS News' Maria Gavrilovic:

(CLEVELAND) - Bruce Springsteen and a crowd of thousands is a formula for a successful event, but Barack Obama's rally tonight did not go off without a hitch.

Pouring rain came down about 10 minutes into the speech, just as Obama began to ridicule John McCain for being on the receiving end of Vice President Cheney's praise.

"You notice what happened when I started talking about Dick Cheney! Now – that's all right. We've been through an 8-year storm but a new day is dawning," Obama said and soldiered through the rest of his speech.

"Sunshine is on the way. We just got two more days of these clouds," he added.

Bruce Springsteen was already on stage when Obama's motorcade pulled up to the Cleveland Mall. Springsteen, a long time Democratic supporter, gave Obama a ringing endorsement between songs.

"I don't' know about you, but I want my country back, I want my dream back, I want my America back!," Springsteen said in a subdued tone. "Now is the time to stand with Barack Obama and Joe Biden, roll up our sleeves, and come."

Obama paid "The Boss" back for the remarks by giving him a plug on iTunes.

While speaking about his tax plan and givning more money to the middle class, Obama said, "If you've got a little money in your pocket, that means the products and services that businesses give. That that means you can buy, you can on iTunes and get the latest Bruce Springsteen iTunes."

[jsutcurious]

MUDSLIDE!!!!

[libh8er]

It''s really hard to believe that conservatives are actually smarter than 40+ % of the rest of the country.

I guess this is what happens when you put the ''gubment'' in charge of the school system.

Dumb-down the population, control what they see, read, and hear....next, I guees Ubama will be wanting his own SS type security force to dispose of those who disagree.

[olivia4441]

To paraphrase Guido the Killer Pimp from the film "Risky Business," in a sluggish economy, never, ever mess with a man''s livelihood.


But that''s what the Messiah is going to do, and as a result a lot of normally non-violent folks who "cling to guns or religion" are going to really be feeling "antipathy to people who aren''t like them," just not for the reasons Obama believes.


And therein lies the real tragedy, for November 4, 2008, could have been a shining moment in American history. After all, a black man is running for president, and might actually win. This should have united the country like never before, and come close to ending the racism that has been one of our nation''s banes since its inception.


However, because Obama used race to get himself to this point, while also pitting folks of differing incomes against each other for his own political benefit, it seems far more likely that tomorrow will divide our country like it hasn''t been in over a century ushering back in hatred that will make Martin Luther King Jr. roll over in his grave.


As a result, Tuesday has all the makings of a day that will live in infamy, for what "The One" has wrought will leave behind an America that resembles nothing like what we''ve asked in song for years be blessed.


Ironically, it seems the Messiah''s reverend will get his wish after all.

[hillarynow]

Hey "Bearcatroars", So I guess what we have now under the Imbecile in Chief Bush is working for Americans in your opinion? the millions of jobs lost over the past 8 years by decreasing taxes on the wealthy is the idea of "the economics of business" as better understood by who now? Bush? McCain? You? I''ll take advice from a potted plant at this point next to the likes you people, you idiots are the ones that got us in this mess with your President''s and McCain''s "economic policy" remember? what a joke! your party and your kind have destroyed America, I suggest you get a reality check and learn to read and comprehend statistics and some actual economic figures rather than parrot dummies like McCain.

[hillarynow]

Hey "Bearcatroars", So I guess what we have now under the Imbecile in Chief Bush is working for Americans in your opinion? the millions of jobs lost over the past 8 years by decreasing taxes on the wealthy is the idea of "the economics of business" as better understood by who now? Bush? McCain? You? I''ll take advice from a potted plat at this point next to the likes you people, you idiots are the ones that got us in this mess with your President''s and McCain''s "economic policy" remember? what a joke! your party and your kind have destroyed America, I suggest you get a reality check and learn to read and comprehend statistics and some actual economic figures rather than parrot dummies like McCain.

[bearcatroars]

Just as in the days of old, people supported Robinhood, who stole from the rich to give to the poor. And now we have a modern day Robinhood who is going to spread the wealth around. Obama doesn''t understand the economics of business. Increasing taxes on business will be passed down to the middle class through increased prices or by lay offs of the middle class workers. The only change Obama is interested in is the change in your pocket.

[neederbaur]

From Dreams of My Father: "I ceased to advertise my mother''s race at the age of 12 or 13, when I began to suspect that by doing so I was ingratiating myself to whites."

From Dreams of My Father: "I found a solace in nursing a pervasive sense of grievance and animosity against my mother''s race."

From Dreams of My Father: "There was something about him that made me wary, a little too sure of himself, maybe. And white."

From Dreams of My Father: ; "It remained necessary to prove which side you were on, to show your loyalty to the black masses, to strike out and name names."

From Dreams of My Father: "I never emulate white men and brown men whose fates didn''t speak to my own. It was into my father''s image, the black man, son of Africa, that I''d packed all the attributes I sought in myself, the attributes of Martin and Malcolm, Dubois and Mandela."

From Audacity of Hope: "I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction."

[gpslibra]

Downloading Bruce''s iTunes right now! Thanks Bruce...on to a happier day!

[smurfcrusher]

LANDSLIDE!!!

[asamiller]

I think Bruce Springsteen would make a great Secretary of Music in the new Obama administration.