It was a reasonable appointment. Jones has a very good record of promoting and organizing Green causes and wrote a very well regarded book on the subject of Green economic growth. Unfortunately anyone reaching a high level in politics is under the microscope for all past public comments and has to consistently speak in a politically correct manner. I don't think his resigning will help much because he was actually quite correct in calling the Republicans "a-----es" even though it was not a conventional or polite thing to say. So the Republicans will attack someone else in the administration with or without reason; and, the amount of virulent verbiage they produce will stay the same.

(please note that it is Van Jones not Von Jones so that people can google for themselves more easily.)
Source(s):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Jones
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Green_Collar_Economy
http://www.amazon.com/Green-Collar-Economy-Solution-Problems/dp/0061650757


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