Change you can believe in: The Big Zero insults Nancy Reagan at his first press conference.

Hope and Change.

At a news conference in Chicago, Obama said he had spoken with all the living presidents as he prepares to take office in January. Then he smiled and said, "I didn't want to get into a Nancy Reagan thing about doing any seances."

The 87-year-old former first lady had consulted with astrologers during her husband's presidency. But she did not hold conversations with the dead.

Obama spokeswoman Stephanie Cutter said the president-elect later called Mrs. Reagan "to apologize for the careless and offhanded remark." She said Obama "expressed his admiration and affection for Mrs. Reagan that so many Americans share, and they had a warm conversation."

The Big Zero, of course, was confusing Mrs. Reagan with Her Vileness, Mrs. Clinton, who sought to communicate with Eleanor Roosevelt.

Oh yeah, this is gonna be fun.