At the same time, the Whig campaign songs said Van Buren lived like a king in the White House.

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Van Buren had been successful in forming a strong political alliance that helped put Jackson in the White House in the election of 1828.

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"He cannot hug and kiss the tea party and then try to hug and kiss the Latino community, " former White House adviser Van Jones told CNN Monday night.

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In a humorous speech, complete with a Little Lord Fauntleroy outfit, Van Zandt brought down the house: "To sound that black, you had to be Italian, " he joked.

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That same day, former White House Green Jobs Czar Van Jones rallied hundreds at the Capitol.

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