Jake Tapper and Major Garret now report that the White House has signaled, at least subtly, that they may be preparing to toss Van Jones under the bus. Robert Gibbs did not offer the customary statement of support of the Green Jobs Czar after multiple occasions of Jones’ support of paranoid-conspiracy theories about 9/11 have come to light over the last two days. Instead, Gibbs made it sound as though another shoe could drop soon (via The College Politico):

Asked if controversial White House official Van Jones continues to enjoy the confidence of President Obama given recent revelations about his involvement with those who suggest the Bush administration knew about the 9/11 attacks and allowed them to happen in order to justify a war for oil, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs Friday morning would only say “he continues to work in this administration.” …

Asked how the Obama administration could rail against fringe conspiracy theorists who falsely allege, despite evidence to the contrary, that President Obama was not born in the U.S., Gibbs said that that the “9/11 Truther” sentiments are “not something that the president agrees with.”

I said yesterday in our State Fair show that the Obama administration would find a way to dump Jones over the holiday weekend when media attention would remain low, possibly as soon as this afternoon. Others have suggested that they may wait until just before the 9/11 anniversary next Friday, or try to just wait out the uproar. As long as Jones remains, though, attempts to rebuild Obama’s standing as a post-partisan moderate will take body shots.

Let’s take a poll. When do Hot Air readers believe Obama will give Jones the heave-ho, if at all?