Who knows, but it appears here that Rush is backing off a little and is complimenting the President more now on how his overall strategy is working.
Or maybe its because he reading FR and seeing how disappointed most of us are in him and vowing not to listen.
Maybe the comment about GW Algore was a little much for the President to swallow and maybe the President wasn't going to sit back and take a comment like that without a response.
Has Rush ever acknowledged reading FR posts? Don't think he posts here as busy as he is.