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updated 9:29 p.m. EST, Fri November 7, 2008 Obama apologizes to Nancy Reagan for seance remark CHICAGO, Illinois (CNN) — President-elect Barack Obama called Nancy Reagan on Friday to apologize for a remark about seances he made during his first news conference earlier in the day. When a reporter asked Obama if he had spoken with any ex-presidents since his election on Tuesday, he responded that he had spoken to all former presidents “that are living.” “I didn’t want to get into a Nancy Reagan thing about, you know, doing any seances,” he said. Nancy Reagan, wife of 40th President Ronald Reagan, was derided in 1988 when his former chief of staff Donald Regan revealed in a book that the first lady had consulted an astrologer to determine the president’s schedule. Obama apologized to Reagan “for the careless and offhanded remark,” Obama transition team spokeswoman Stephanie Cutter said. “The president-elect expressed his admiration and affection for Mrs. Reagan that so many Americans sha
President-elect Barack Obama called Nancy Reagan on Friday to apologize for a remark about seances he made during his first news conference earlier in the day. When a reporter asked Obama if he had spoken with any ex-presidents since his election on Tuesday, he responded that he had spoken to all former presidents “that are living.” “I didn’t want to get into a Nancy Reagan thing about, you know, doing any seances,” he said. Nancy Reagan, wife of 40th President Ronald Reagan, was derided in 1988 when his former chief of staff Donald Regan revealed in a book that the first lady had consulted an astrologer to determine the president’s schedule. Obama apologized to Reagan “for the careless and offhanded remark,” Obama transition team spokeswoman Stephanie Cutter said. “The president-elect expressed his admiration and affection for Mrs. Reagan that so many Americans share and they had a warm conversation,” Cutter said. President Reagan died in 2004 at 93. Other first ladies have reportedly
