I can summarize my view of the review pretty simply:

Carville and Begala are better debaters than Novak and Carlson. The reviewer appeals to this authority to support his political views. Not all conservatives would back down from Carville. I'd love to see Limbaugh vs. Carville, but I doubt it would ever happen.

PS: I'm not sugggesting that Limbaugh is right, honest, or anything else. Just the converse: Carville is just as charismatic and colorful, and I take his "facts" with just as large a grain of salt.