Is Obama as unprincipaled as Romney?

I think that Obama has totally lost me with his attack on Unions as somehow "special interest groups." This is from SusanUnPC at "No Quarter."

Mark Halprin posted the following memo from the Obama camp earlier today – take a look:

“Right now groups supporting Hillary Clinton and John Edwards are flooding Iowa and the other early states with millions of dollars in paid ads, phone calls, and mailings. Some of it is negative and even deceptive, and a lot of it is paid for by huge, unregulated contributions from special interests. Taking on these groups isn’t just a matter of setting the record straight about me or my positions. It’s about proving that a new kind of campaign - funded by ordinary people who want something better for all of us - can defeat the same tired, old political textbook that so many Americans just don’t trust anymore.”

…and Halperin includes the following data…

So who is Obama talking about? Here is the most up-to-date independent expenditure information in Iowa. For Hillary Clinton AFSCME: $907,177.24 AFT: $635,822.19 Emily’s List: $297,806.69 Total: $1,840,426.12 For John Edwards Working for Working Americans/Carpenter s: $516,216.51 Alliance for a New America (SEIU): $760,801.00 Total: $1,277,017.51

(emphasis mine)

He goes on to beg for donations, calling Emily’s List, teachers unions, carpenters, SEIU and AFSCME “Special Interests“, like they’re something evil and dirty or working to undo what we’ve accomplished in the area of worker’s rights, social justice, and other areas over the years.

Obama wants to be the party’s standard-bearer in next year’s general election, and he not only failed to garner the support of these stalwart Democratic allies, but he’s attacking them in an effort to generate campaign contributions.

I've had some doubts about Obama, but this tips me over the edge. There is no way I will vote for a candidate who takes this position against unions. I will also do whatever I can to defeat him.