Did Barack Obama get a bump in the polls from his fine speech Wednesday night? I expected that he would and my Examiner colleague Julie Mason so reports, the Real Clear Politics average of recent polls does show an upturn, dating from before the January 12 speech. But pollster Scott Rasmussen shows no significant bump in his nightly tracking. The explanation?

By the way, my American Enterprise Institute colleague Dr. Sally Satel, in an article in the New York Times, provides backing for my understanding, which I referenced in my Wednesday Examiner column, that the law in Arizona, more than the laws in most states, would have permitted an involuntary commitment of the Tucson shooter.