For those of you wondering about the appropriate point for being nasty about Davy Jones, Andrew Brietbart, or (admittedly less likely) James Q. Wilson, here’s a handy chart:

TooSoonChart

So, um, I say four months.

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Daniel Luzer is the news editor at Governing Magazine and former web editor of the Washington Monthly. Find him on Twitter: @Daniel_Luzer