Harry Reid vs. President-Elect Obama?

Dirty Harry

(Fox News) - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is making it clear that congressional Democrats will not bow to President-elect Obama. Reid tells The Hill newspaper "I don't believe in the executive power trumping everything... if Obama steps over the bounds, I will tell him... I do not work for Barrack Obama. I work with him."

Reid also said the president-elect should have told lawmakers about the selection of CIA director-designate Leon Panetta ahead of time. He said incoming White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel "would be the first to admit that he didn't tell enough people on this."

Meanwhile, a day after what many analysts called the "Roland Burris circus" rolled up to Capitol Hill — embarrassing Democratic leaders after they refused to seat Burris — Reid is proclaiming that Tuesday was a great day for his party. He says in a news release: "Yesterday was a terrific day to be a Democrat... a true testament to all the hard work you put in to ensure a Democratic victory last November."