President-elect Barack Obama 's spokeswoman syas 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 more , '' he says . Reagan was derided for consulting wife over husband 's schedule . First with Hillary Clinton , Mary Todd Lincoln reportedly had 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 more , '' he says . Reagan was derided for consulting wife over husband 's schedule . First with Hillary Clinton , Mary Todd Lincoln reportedly had spiritual advisers .