On Monday, Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill kicked off national "Small Business Week" by issuing a press release that claimed George W. Bush's proposal to cut the top income tax rate would benefit not only super rich folks, but more than three quarters of all small business owners as well. "Do you know who benefits from cutting the top tax rate? It's not who you think," said O'Neill, doing his best impression of a late-night cable pitchman. According to the Treasury Department, which is quickly gaining a reputation for fudging the numbers, 77 percent of small businessmen would get a tax break if the top rate were reduced from 39.6 percent to 33 percent, as Bush has proposed.

The U.S. Supreme Court did not allow cameras in the courtroom, but they were definitely allowed outside. So as the lawyers wrangled inside, protesters staged made-for-TV-protests outside.

For the first time in at least a week, this morning's mob outside the Supreme Court roughly resembled the mob vote on Election Day -- it was equally divided. Irate Bush supporters lately have tended to dominate protests and monopolize camera time in Florida. But today they were matched -- possibly outnumbered -- by Gore supporters in Washington, DC. On this one-year anniversary of the Seattle World Trade Organization Protests, this equal-opportunity mayhem proved that no single ideology has a monopoly on outlandish expression.