I read fellow Salt Lake Tribune columnist Robert Gehrke’s column of political predictions for 2018. Robert, a self-effacing and diligent journalist, gives himself a 75 percent chance of being “wrong.”
Since I’m only capable of doing single-digit arithmetic, I have no idea what a 75 percent Gehrke margin means.
Among the number of predictions Gehrke made are really scary ones like Orrin Hatch becoming a senator for life — which even though Hatch has since announced his retirement at the end of his term, still could come true if he dies before that.
Then there’s the prediction that a medical marijuana initiative won’t pass and that the congressional race between Rep.