By KEVIN CANESSA JR.
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. --
So it'll be 2013 in just a few hours.
And I saw something similar on NJ.com -- so I decided to do a piece on 13 things to expect in 2013. Here's my list -- what's yours? Feel free to share yours in the comments section.
1. Supreme Court will make same-sex marriage legal in America
By a vote of 5-4, the U.S. Supreme Court will rule to make same-sex marriage legal here. Voting against the measure will be Justices Sam Alito, Clarence Thomas, Antonin Scalia and Chief Justice John Roberts. Roberts, however, will write a separate dissent.
2. The New York Knicks get to the NBA finals
They'll be there -- but they won't win it. It'll be their first trip to the Finals since 1999.
3. Gun-control measure will pass, with major breakthroughs for those mentally ill
It may not be an all-out assault-weapons ban, like the one from the 1990s, but some measure of gun control will pass -- and President Obama will sign it into law. The measure will have sweeping reforms on how those with mental-health issues are treated, as well. It'll be the most comprehensive mental-health reform in the nation's history.
4. Chris Christie wins second term with very little effortLet's face it, folks ... no one -- not even Cory Booker -- could beat Christie. Christie's second-term victory will be substantially larger than the 3.6 percent victory Christie had over former Gov. Jon S. Corzine. This time, it could easily approach being a 9-percent victory.
The campaign has the possibility of being clean by way of the candidates, but expect a seriously negative campaign from the special interests, especially the New Jersey Education Association, the members of which detest the mere mention of Christie's name.
