president obama would get 45 percent of the vote, 43 percent to romney, so if romney takes that state a virtual tie if you look at it as far as the poll goes, but again, this is the result we see on the screen. with rick perry on the ticket, the president tops perry 46 percent to 40 percent, those numbers, again, still within the margin of error but it speaks as to how close we are right now. i should add, more than a year ago from the election. jon: and those numbers are obviously going to play a key roll in this next presidential election when it comes to the electoral college. right now the issue the democrats and republicans can agree on, the senate pushing a bill urging china to stop manipulating its currency, this after critics have long complained that china's juan is -- yuan is greaty underpolled -- undervalued. congress' wishes, putting it on a potential collision course with the white house. our chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel takes a look at that. >> reporter: president