Newark Mayor Cory Booker said today he is still weighing a run for governor next year as well as a run for the U.S. Senate in 2014 and will make his decision in the next 10 days.

"I am absolutely considering running for governor as well as giving other options consideration," Booker told "Face the Nation" host Bob Schieffer on CBS. When asked if the Senate seat was one of them, Booker said "I'm actually looking at that as well."

As reported in The Star-Ledger's Perspective section today, Booker's decision will set off a chain reaction among his fellow Democrats. The 43-year-old mayor will decide within the next ten days he said.

"There's a lot of very good candidates for governor on the Democratic side," Booker said.

The mayor, who spoke from CBS's New York studio, also took questions on the fiscal cliff and food stamps.

"The desire for Washington to figure this out and not to cause more harm is absolutely crucial," Booker said when asked about negotiations betwen the White House and Congress over the impending fiscal cliff — a combination of expiring tax breaks and spending cuts designed to cut government spending by $1.2 trillion over a decade.

"This is not the time for Republicans to hold the country hostage again," Booker said referring to an impasse last year over raising the debt ceiling.

One cut being proposed in Congress is a $16 billion hit to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or food stamps. Booker this week has been living on the equivalent of a week's worth of food stamps to highlight difficulties faced by 46 million Americans who rely on the assistance.

Booker, who yesterday ate an apple a burnt sweet potato and a bean and cauliflower casserole, said the week has been eye-opening.

"Millions of Americans — this is their daily challenge is finding a way to get access to healthy nutritional foods," Booker said. "For me it's been very difficult I'll be honest with you."

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