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Legal Insurrection has written the definitive Van Jones post. His theory: Jones' vetters missed nothing because they were simpatico with his line of thought, such as it was: Maybe Van Jones' Vetters Didnt See These As Problems

Van Jones is a mainstream member of the left-wing of the Democratic Party. Like over half of all Democrats (as of May 2007) he either believed that George Bush knew about the 9/11 attacks in advance or at least was unsure; he hated George Bush and called Bush bad names; he called Congressional Republicans some bad names; he supported Mumia Abu-Jamal; and he used race as a political weapon.

There is no reason to believe anything was "missed" in the vetting process. To the contrary, it is just as likely that no one paid any attention to these issues precisely because for the left-wing of the Democratic Party these issues are not problems.

Me, I still think it's an open question whether Jones will lose his job. This is still a "Fox News Story," so for the people who count, it is not a story at all.