The Week in Polls: Is a Booker Vs. Christie Ticket in the Making?

Talk of a Booker-Christie governor race heats up, plus more.

Americans Weigh In - Congress loses a popularity contest, the number of interracial marriages in the United States reaches all-time high, President Obama gets kudos for fiscal cliff dealings, plus more national polls. – Joyce Jones and Britt Middleton

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Americans Weigh In - Buzz of Newark Mayor Cory Booker running against New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie builds, Obama's still riding that post-election wave, Americans can't bear to be without their cell phones, plus more national polls. — Joyce Jones and Britt Middleton

Booker Vs. Christie - Newark Mayor Cory Booker is widely considered to be New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's most formidable challenger. But, if the race were held today, Christie would beat him by a long shot of 53 to 35 percent, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll. (Photos from left: Bennett Raglin/Getty Images for Macy's, Michael N. Todaro/Getty Images)

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Booker Vs. Christie - Newark Mayor Cory Booker is widely considered to be New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's most formidable challenger. But, if the race were held today, Christie would beat him by a long shot of 53 to 35 percent, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll. (Photos from left: Bennett Raglin/Getty Images for Macy's, Michael N. Todaro/Getty Images)

Always Plugged In - Think you couldn't possibly live without having your smartphone by your side? You're not alone. In a Pew study released on Nov. 30, 67 percent of people said they check their phones for messages even when they don't notice it ringing, 44 percent sleep with their phone next to their bed so they don't miss calls and 29 percent said their cellphone is “something they can’t imagine living without." (Photo: EPA/TANNEN MAURY/LANDOV)

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Always Plugged In - Think you couldn't possibly live without having your smartphone by your side? You're not alone. In a Pew study released on Nov. 30, 67 percent of people said they check their phones for messages even when they don't notice it ringing, 44 percent sleep with their phone next to their bed so they don't miss calls and 29 percent said their cellphone is “something they can’t imagine living without." (Photo: EPA/TANNEN MAURY/LANDOV)

Will Republicans Take the Senate? - The GOP needs to pick up just six seats to win control of Congress' upper chamber. According to David Bositis, senior political analyst at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, African-American voters are key to helping some senators keep their seats. They include North Carolina Sen. Kay Hagin and Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu.   (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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Congress Still Not Making the Grade - The bitter divide in Congress over the fiscal cliff is likely doing lawmakers no favors as they debate whether Americans will or won't pay higher taxes come January. A new poll from Gallup published on Nov. 26 shows that just 18 percent of Americans approve of the job Congress is doing, down from 21 percent just before the election. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Grin and Bear It - If you found yourself cringing at the sight of your Facebook newsfeed being filled with your friends' political opinions, it's best to just grin and bear it because more people are turning to social media to sound off. In a Pew survey released Nov. 28, 34 percent people said they shared their thoughts via sites like Facebook while just nine percent said they blocked or unfriended someone whose leanings they disagreed with. (Photo: Courtesy Facebook.com)

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Grin and Bear It - If you found yourself cringing at the sight of your Facebook newsfeed being filled with your friends' political opinions, it's best to just grin and bear it because more people are turning to social media to sound off. In a Pew survey released Nov. 28, 34 percent people said they shared their thoughts via sites like Facebook while just nine percent said they blocked or unfriended someone whose leanings they disagreed with. (Photo: Courtesy Facebook.com)

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Four More Years - "Tonight, in this election, you, the American people, reminded us that while our road has been hard, while our journey has been long, we have picked ourselves up, we have fought our way back, and we know in our hearts that for the United States of America, the best is yet to come," the president said during his victory speech delivered at McCormick Place in Chicago on Nov. 6, 2012.  (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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He's Still the Man - Weeks after his commanding Nov. 6 victory, President Obama is still on a high. In a CNN/ORC International survey published Nov. 26, 52 percent of Americans said they approve of how Obama is handling his job and 54 percent said they are enthusiastic or optimistic about his second term. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Obamacare - Under Republican leadership, the House has voted 37 times to repeal the Affordable Care Act, most recently in May 2013. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)

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The Great Health Care Debate - Americans have long been divided over Obamacare, with 48 percent of people supporting it and 45 percent disapproving, according to a Gallup poll released Nov. 28. However, the majority (57 percent) of people still prefer private insurance over a system run by the government (36 percent), the same numbers reported in 2011 and 2010. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)

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Pay Up - Although Republicans in Congress fiercely oppose raising taxes to create a revenue stream to help the federal government pay off its massive debt, a majority of the American public believes that the nation's highest earners should pay higher taxes. In a Washington Post/ABC News poll of voters released Nov. 28, 73 percent of Democrats, 63 percent of independents and 39 percent of Republicans said they support raising taxes on incomes above $250,000. (Photo: Tim Boyle/Getty Images)

Small Businesses - A sequester would reduce the federal loan guarantee program for small businesses by up to $540 million. (Photo: Kevin W. Fowler/ MCT /LANDOV)

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Bad for Business - Post-election, the outlook for business remains bleak for the new year, according to Gallup survey of business owners released Nov. 30. Thirty percent of owners expect "poor" cash flow over the next 12 months while 21 percent expect the number of jobs at their company to shrink over the next year. (Photo: Kevin W. Fowler/ MCT /LANDOV)

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