Santorum says Obama elected as 'a rock star' [View all]

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PHOENIX (AP) — Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum belittled President Barack Obama on Tuesday as a rock star who won the White House four years ago, and dismissed fellow GOP rivals Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich as unable to provide solid conservative change for the nation.

"I'm someone who has a track record of standing up for the basic foundational pillars of our society, faith and family. I'm not a manager. I'm not a visionary," the former Pennsylvania senator said, using labels clearly meant to refer to Romney and Gingrich.

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As for Obama, he said, "Back in 2008, the American people in a time of crisis went for a rock star that they believed could solve their problems."

Santorum continued to mock Obama and Romney at an evening rally in Phoenix that drew 300 people. He said Obama has handled foreign policy so badly that he has alienated the United States' friends "to the point they don't trust us," and emboldened its enemies "so they don't respect or fear us."

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