Bill Press: Haley’s Comet: Nothing but a (brief) flash in the sky

Politics is fun to watch and fun to talk about. But politics can also be cruel, especially to front-runners.

We’ve seen several presidential high-fliers crash back to earth after just one verbal blunder. Remember Teddy Kennedy in 1979, fumbling his response to Roger Mudd’s question: “Why do you want to be president?” Or Michael Dukakis in 1988, showing no personal feelings when Bernard Shaw asked: “If Kitty Dukakis were raped and murdered, would you favor an irrevocable death penalty