Van Jones does have a lot of influence and a decent following .. not being part of the White House, where he had to at least keep up some sort of appearences, could see a more outspoken uprising against Beck and people like him.
That is why there are more Beck supporters than racist black people. We need to call email all of the advertisers of Becks who have withdrawn advertising and tell them that you will boycott them and you will tell all your friends to do the same and tell them why. Money talks when they feel it in their bottom line they will see things differently. I was with Geico and called them that I would be changing insurance and would not recommend them to any of my friends.