By Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Page columnist

Face it, Glenn Beck won a big victory for conservative America with the resignation of Van Jones.

Republicans and other critics of President Barack Obama were definitely in a celebrating mood Sunday.

Beck had attacked Jones, a special adviser on green jobs to Obama, on the air since late July. The name calling by the radio shock jock eventually paid off.

Others in the media started paying attention, and Jones' February statement that Republicans are "assholes" brought him lots of negative attention.

Beck kept up the pressure, and the mainstream media reported on it. As a result, Jones couldn't really muster any effective counter-attack. He had made mistakes, tried to apologize for them but was too late.

The end result: Jones' resignation is a big victory for the right wing, whose members have been criticizing Obama on all sorts of issues since he took office in January.