I’ve just watched Springsteen win a Golden Globe for best song in a movie and have watched awareness in him grow and polarization of his fans happen almost simultaneously.

He supports Obama and stumped for him and Kerry. His record company has put out a “Greatest Hits” CD in an exclusive deal with Wal-Mart. He’s been churning out albums at a rate he’s never done before (Working on A Dream comes out in 2 short weeks). He’s singing at the Super Bowl half time show. The list goes on and so does the critisism. Why?

He’s a folk singer who wants to make a better United States through action and using what he’s got (a poets heart, a mass appeal and a fearless quest for clarity). He watched a good friend and fellow E-Streeter die at too young an age and must have realized his own mortality. He is now taking advantage of what he rightly has earned.

So critics and fans alike, sit back and enjoy his contributions and stop thinking so hard about the why, just enjoy the now.