Says. He would have never been elected governor without nancy. He would have never been elected president without nancy. They were a team. She gave him strength. She gave him encouragement, she gave him hell. You are asking me . Well, you first. I consider nancy to have been in some ways the most powerful, the most influential, the most indispensable partner in the modern presidency. I should ask him first. You want to get your story straight . Were talking to mrs. Ronald reagan, and we have two more quotes here. Would you be a forceful first lady, in your opinion . Depends on what you mean by forceful. Its 1980, and with her husband running for president , nancy reagan is in the spotlight. I have a feeling president carter doesnt have a foreign policy. Nancy is tough, more than an adoring wife. Well, i dont think im tough. Where some see a good wife standing by her man she was always pushing to make sure that he succeed ed as any good wife would do. We can make America Great again. Ot