Those people who suppport Rush, will probably continue to support him and listen to his show. Those people who are the social fencesitters and PC nincompoops, take everything personally no matter what happens. They will probably remain wishy washy about Rush. I don't see Rush being effected by the ESPN flap.
The drug deal is another matter. A pending legal matter. I doubt Rush will ever have much to say about it, especially while the LE investigation is still ongoing.
Rush didn't look comfortable at ESPN to begin with, and he was probably glad to have a reason to bail out. They hired him because he is controversial and an agent provacateur and couldn't cope with their own decision. Their loss.
There are SO many inconcistencies in the stories coming out of Florida that he is wise to avoid commenting until he knows specifically what the allegations are. Right now, not even the authorities seem to know---except to say that they have no intention of arresting or prosecuting him. But for what?
Finally, it's crap for people to talk about him getting all lawyered up---for chrissakes, he comes from a family of lawyers. He's been all "lawyered up" since birth. Duh.