Boss hits campaign trail

  • Associated Press
  • Posted: Sunday, October 14, 2012 2:09 a.m.
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File/Amy Sancetta/APBruce Springsteen campaigned for Barack Obama in Cleveland on Nov. 2, 2008. Springsteen will again stump for Obama, joining former President Bill Clinton on Thursday at a rally in Parma, Ohio.

WASHINGTON — Bruce Springsteen will be back campaigning for President Barack Obama.

The musician will join former President Bill Clinton at a Thursday rally in Parma, Ohio, two days after the second presidential debate. Obama will not attend the rally.

Springsteen also will appear at a campaign event Thursday in Ames, Iowa.

Springsteen campaigned for Obama in 2008, but these will be his first political appearances of the 2012 cycle. Clinton is a prominent campaigner for Obama.

Clinton and Springsteen’s joint appearance in Ohio underscores the importance of the key swing state. Polls show Obama with a slight lead there over Mitt Romney, but the Republican presidential candidate is spending an increasing amount of time and resources in the state ahead of Election Day.

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