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Soledad O'Brien: Obama 'up 15' in Virginia

Some CNN viewers may be under the impression that President Barack Obama is leading Gov. Mitt Romney by 15 points in Virginia.

This morning, CNN's Soledad O'Brien told Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell "pre-debate polling shows that the president was up 15 points in the state of Virginia." But O'Brien did not mention what the CNN Chyron, on the bottom of the screen, did: The +15 points was among female voters, based on a Quinnipiac poll that had Obama leading Romney by 16 points (56-40) among women.

(Also on POLITICO: Polls from across the nation)

"How worried are you that your state is going to go for President Obama when the polls show a significant lead pre-debate, after the first pretty awful debate?" she asked McDonnell.

"I'm not sure what you're looking at there, Soledad," McDonnell replied.

Current polling in Virginia puts Obama and Romney almost dead even, with a slight edge for Obama. But for the record, Obama has never led Romney by 15 points in Virginia, according to any 2012 poll. The last time he led Romney by double digits was in May 2011, roughly one year before Romney became his party's nominee. The Quinnipiac poll O'Brien cited has Obama up by 5, a recent NBC News/WSJ/Marist Poll has Romney up by 1.

UPDATE: O'Brien emails, via a spokesperson:

In my interview with Governor Bob McDonnell this morning, I was citing the pre-debate Quinnipiac poll on women voters (October 4-9, 2012 -- 56 for President Obama, 40 for Romney), and while the information on the screen said ‘women,’ I didn't say the word. I was in error to not say the word ‘women,’ while it appeared on the screen.