You wouldn’t get a jury to convince, but yeah, basically. It’s not about the money, though. It’s about the award itself. Rush was just saying the award is a straight-jacket, not that Obama sees it that way. It is the international leftist establishment saying to him, “You better stay the course. Don’t slide into America’s old ways. Keep up the self-flagellation, genuflection, and waffling.”
convince = convict