When McCain said "I'm not President Bush," it was like he was realizing that he had miscalculated, that siding with Bush for eight years might have gotten him in the race, but it also left him unable to win it.
But we fear Washington also miscalculated that obstinacy.
The White House then miscalculated that the mindless across-the-board spending cuts under sequestration were so bad that an alternative entitlements-revenue deal would emerge.
W. was so black and white, as he mischaracterized and miscalculated, that he ended up driving America into a gray haze, where we're unsure if our old role as John Wayne taking on the global bad guys is even right.
"Both parties have miscalculated that it is the other side which bears the sole responsibility for the escalation of the conflict and the stalemate of the peace process," the statement said.
"They badly miscalculated, if that was the case," says a prominent Sudanese commentator.
The expected default rate is 45-46%: graduate earnings have been persistently miscalculated, so that's likely to go up.
First, he hopes that if there's enough suffering in Darfur, the United Nations Security Council will approve a one-year delay in the court's proceedings (he miscalculated, for that won't happen).
I'd eat it, and then I'd worry — no, I'd conclude — that I'd miscalculated.
Many believe that he walked into a trap, miscalculating that he could take South Ossetia before Russian forces arrived in strength.
When it comes to defense cuts vs. tax increases, though, are Democrats miscalculating that the GOP cares enough about defense cuts to reach a deal?
