A: Rush could name his price to move to satellite tomorrow - something he has been begged to do for a couple of years.
B: Rush has more money than he will ever spend as it is now, and would never change his editorial bent for anyone for any reason because, well, he doesn’t have to. (new wife notwithstanding....)
C: If Rush and CC divorced tomorrow, Rush retires for a few days or weeks maybe with zillions in the bank. Or maybe retires. BUT - CC has a bunch of suddenly worthless radio properties, many with liens on them. Moreover, the Premiere Radio Network division loses a huge chunk if its revenue and leverage over night.
No, CC clearly needs Rush more.
OMG - I can’t believe this idiotic theory came back up. Looks like a number of well informed and rational folks jumped in and brought some sanity back to it.
The real sad part, aside from the willingness to don the tin foil and the total lack of understanding of how talk radio works as a business - is the fact that on balance, Rush has been very anti - Romney over the entire process.