Michelle Quist: Holding on until the very last minute, Hatch is out. Who is in?

With three-quarters of Utahns, and multiple media outlets, calling for Sen. Orrin Hatch to retire, Hatch magnanimously announced he would retire at the end of his current term. He would likely have faced an electoral embarrassment far bigger than the convention knockout Sen. Bob Bennett faced, because he would have gathered signatures, and would have lost in a primary.