I’m so sick of the Democrats talking about their “plan” for everything, but that’s all they seem to have. And what is this “new direction” you all say we need? Well, what IS that new direction? Boy, today Schumer and Dole duked it out on Fox News Sunday, and what did we get from Chuck-E-Cheese Schumer? The same old platitudes. They discussed national security issues, Cheney & Rumsfeld’s recent speeches, as well as immigration and Social Security.

Here’s a partial transcript, and the full transcript is here.

SCHUMER: … the bottom line is this. Bill Clinton said it well, that we can be both strong and smart when it comes to foreign policy and the war on terror. We have seen a lot of strength from this administration, but not too much in terms of smarts. And with Democrats, they’ll get strength and smarts.

WALLACE: OK.

SCHUMER: And I think what many Democrats…

WALLACE: I’d like you to answer the question if you could, Senator Schumer. Will Democrats push this resolution for a vote of no confidence in Rumsfeld? And what kind of message does that send to our troops in the field as well as our enemies?

SCHUMER: The message that it sends is very simple. It says that our policies are not going well, and it’s not just Democrats that have called for Rumsfeld to step down. You just had a major Republican candidate do it yesterday.

And the reason is not that we shouldn’t fight a strong war on terror, but Rumsfeld’s not doing a very good job of it.

WALLACE: So you’re going to push for a resolution. Yes or no?

SCHUMER: I believe there is a lot of sentiment to push for such a resolution, indeed.

DOLE: You know, if I could just say …

WALLACE: Go ahead.

DOLE: … just this point, that obviously war is hell. And while mistakes have been made — I mean, no war is executed perfectly. War is hell. And I think we need to keep this in mind as we discuss these issues.

…and just a bit more:

DOLE: If I could just briefly say that the Democrats — a lot of people have said you know, they have no alternatives, no ideas, it’s just obstruct, obstruct, obstruct, attack, attack.

Chris, they have an agenda. They just can’t talk about it. It’s sort of like the Trojan horse. I mean, the American people wouldn’t buy it if they talked about it. The Trojan horse — you know, they take over.

If they were to take over the Senate, which they will not, then they would unfold what their agenda is — high taxes. Right away you’d get taxes going up. You’d get judges who would threaten our values. If you don’t like …

WALLACE: All right. Just on those — very briefly …

DOLE: … if you don’t like the law, we’ll just change it.

WALLACE: … on those two issues, Sen. Schumer, how do you respond, on taxes and judges?

SCHUMER: Well, the bottom line is yes, we have an agenda. It’s what the American people want. It’s lower gas prices. It’s college tuition deductibility. It’s making the costs of prescription drugs lower. It’s not the things that Sen. Dole mentions.

We’ve put together a plan. Democratic leaders Reid and Pelosi, packed by the overwhelming majority of the House and Senate…

WALLACE: Sen. Schumer…

SCHUMER: … have done it Chris. Give me a chance to answer.

WALLACE: Well, I think you’ve had a chance, sir.

SCHUMER: That’s what we will do.

WALLACE: OK.

SCHUMER: And the American people want it. And the only reason that we are so far ahead in so many of the polls is they don’t like where President Bush is taking America. They don’t like the rubber stamp…

WALLACE: OK. Sen. Schumer …

SCHUMER: … Republican Senate. And they want a change in direction.

WALLACE: I’m going to try…

DOLE: Prescription drugs, energy policy…

WALLACE: OK.

DOLE: When they were in, they didn’t get it. We did.

Way to get ‘him, Elizabeth! HA!

Watch Chuck blow his top here.