Sense Sonnet - Steamer

Dream Team

A man who is in public life,
Decides to have a fling affair.
Apparently, he tells his wife,
After rumors begin to flare.
A year later, the man does run
For President, and his wife is
Right beside the son of a gun,
Both going for the White House biz.
The man's campaign had a good shot,
But fell short of winning it all.
He could have won, and we'd have got
A first couple with lots of gall.

The man and his wife did not think
That this would not come out to stink?