Obama makes remark when reporter asks if he 's spoken to any ex-presidents . `` I did n't want to get into a Nancy Reagan thing ... doing any seances , '' he says . 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 . The president also talks about his own experience with the paranormal and how it has helped him in dealing with issues like health care reform and climate change. First ladies Hillary Clinton , Mary Todd Lincoln reportedly used spiritual advisers .
Obama makes remark when reporter asks if he 's spoken to any ex-presidents . `` I did n't want to get into a Nancy Reagan thing ... doing any seances , '' he says . The president also talks about his own experience with the paranormal and how it has helped him in dealing with issues like health care reform and climate change. First ladies Hillary Clinton , Mary Todd Lincoln reportedly used spiritual advisers .