Obama Blames Outside Money for Democrats Being Down in the Polls

The Washington Post quotes Barack Obama on why Democrats are lagging in the polls before this election:

"I would feel very confident about our position right now if it weren't for the fact that these third-party independent groups, funded by corporate special interests and run by Republican operatives, without disclosing where that money is coming from, are outspending our candidates in some cases 5 to 1, 10 to 1.. . . And it's the direct result of a Supreme Court opinion called Citizens United."

He called the opinion "a profoundly faulty Supreme Court decision [that] has opened the floodgates to special interest money, undisclosed, and having a significant impact on the election."

I guess John McCain would be President right now according to Obama's logic. Where would Barack Obama have been in 2008 without "outside" campaign money?