Barack Obama actually said...

"But critics also say he might have made missteps, including a reference to Nancy Reagan that later required an apology."

"In his first news conference, the president-elect vowed to meet the economic crisis head-on."

"I didn't want to get into a Nancy Reagan thing about, you know, doing any seances."

"I'm not going to anticipate problems. I'm going to go in there with a spirit of bipartisanship and a sense that both the president and various leaders in Congress all recognize the severity of the sit..."