Senator Reid: Emperor?

In what seems like a moment from Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D - Nevada) today gave a speech to the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Early in his speech he referred to the report of the Iraq Study Group and stated:

In that historic report, you and former Secretary of State Jim Baker - along with eight other Republicans and Democrats - said this:

"Our political leaders must build a bipartisan approach to bring a responsible conclusion to what is now a lengthy and costly war. Our country deserves a debate that prizes substance over rhetoric, and a policy that is adequately funded and sustainable. The President and Congress must work together. Our leaders must be candid and forthright with the American people in order to win their support."

In a mark of brazen self-admiration, Senator Reid then goes on to suggest that the President is now superfluous to U.S. foreign policy and the conduct of the war. When he stated that:

Only the President is the odd man out

But, then the majority leader, unwittingly perhaps, let on to the truth of the issue. He stated:

But he owes it to us to listen as we represent the American people.
Our timetable is fair and reasonable. We have put our plan on the table. If the president disagrees, let him come to us with an alternative.

Thus, the picture is clear. It is he who has no intention of working with the President. The Senator has invoked the ISG report and the good name of Former Secretary of State James Baker as cover for his unconstitutional goal of a war and foreign policy takeover by the Senate. He demands the President do what he (Senator Reid) says he should do. He places responsibility for the executive to come to him (Senator Reid) with an alternative. He further states:

But he owes it to us to listen as we represent the American people.

But, in reality, it is the President who is elected by a national poll. Senator Reid only represents Nevada.

The truth of this matter is that a narrow majority in Congress is trying to inflict its will on another branch of government. This other the branch, the executive branch, is given specific duties by the constitution.

Article II, Section 2, Clause 1: The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States

Senator Reid apparently disagrees with this section of the constitution. He would create a system where the Senator Majority Leader is defacto President of the United States. Would he appoint himself Emperor?