Rush is the new Karl Rove. The problem for RATS is that the more people are exposed to the real person instead of the ratmedia lies about him, the more they will reject those lies.
Speaking at CPAC was a smart move. It let people who dont listen to radio see the real Rush, not the false portrait created by the enemedia.
The DNC/admin is trying to hammer home the "Rush said he wants Obama and America to fail" cropped soundbite home.
So it's a race between that, and Rush's clarifications and hammering them for hammering him.