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Romney: I would have done a better job than Obama

FILE - In this Aug. 21, 2014, file photo former Massachusetts Gov. and GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney, right, shakes hands with his former vice-presidential running mate U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., before interviewing Ryan about his new book in Chicago. Romney said Sunday, Sept.  7, 2014, on a morning news show that there's no question in his mind that he would have been more effective in the White House than President Barack Obama. He cited continuing high U.S. unemployment and growing troubles abroad, and that some of those who voted for Obama might now have some buyer's remorse. Romney said his time has come and gone.  (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)
FILE - In this Aug. 21, 2014, file photo former Massachusetts Gov. and GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney, right, shakes hands with his former vice-presidential running mate U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., before interviewing Ryan about his new book in Chicago. Romney said Sunday, Sept. 7, 2014, on a morning news show that there's no question in his mind that he would have been more effective in the White House than President Barack Obama. He cited continuing high U.S. unemployment and growing troubles abroad, and that some of those who voted for Obama might now have some buyer's remorse. Romney said his time has come and gone. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File) FILE - In this Aug. 21, 2014, file photo former Massachusetts Gov. and GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney, right, shakes hands with his former vice-presidential running mate U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., before interviewing Ryan about his new book in Chicago. Romney said Sunday, Sept. 7, 2014, on a morning news show that there's no question in his mind that he would have been more effective in the White House than President Barack Obama. He cited continuing high U.S. unemployment and growing troubles abroad, and that some of those who voted for Obama might now have some buyer's remorse. Romney said his time has come and gone. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

WASHINGTON (AP) – Former GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney says there is no question in his mind that he would have been more effective in the White House than President Barack Obama. But he reiterates he has no plans to run again.

My time has come and gone, Romney told Fox News Sunday.

Romney cited continuing high U.S. unemployment and growing troubles abroad, and that some of those who voted for Obama might now have some buyer’s remorse.

Yet he said he didn’t want to dwell on the past, while admitting he had made mistakes in his campaign – and that the Obama campaign did a good job on picking up on them.

Romney said, “I’m not running and not planning on running.”