You might be familiar with Austan Goolsbee as the Obama economic advisor whose name was in the headlines for a brief but torrid period back in the spring due to a weird flap involving Canada and Obama's position on NAFTA. Goolsbee hasn't made many TV appearances in the past, but TPMtv certainly hopes more are coming in the future. Here's a mini-reel of his various frustrations of McCain economic advisor Douglas Holtz-Eakin yesterday on CNN's Late Edition. The guy is a one-man slam factory!



:21 It's a little strange for a guy that was cheerleader for a team of arsonists to now be coming forward and say he'd be a great fire department chief. [Slam!]
1:09 What I shudder to think is what would have to happen for John McCain to think the fundamentals were looking a little iffy? [Warning: Overuse may result in slammage!]
1:47 There is more information on the back of a box of Froot Loops than on what they've presented. [Phi Slama Jama!!!]
1:52 If John McCain objected so much to the lobbying behavior of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as opposed to the content, why did he hire their strong-arm lobbyist as his campaign manager? It doesn't make any sense. [Eh, a valid point.]

Also - :37 mark. Was this Goolsbee half-yawning or was it more like one of those "Ok, easy... be cool Gools, be cool... hold back the firestorm" self-composing gestures someone performs right after suffering an indignity and right before the first bottle gets smashed to spark a massive bar brawl? TPMtv likes to think it's the latter.