On part II of today's Daily Stir, I'm giving you the lowdown on Ann Romney's almost gig on Dancing With the Stars. Why didn't the almost First Lady want to shine in the spotlight? Was Mitt not into it? Get all the answers, here:

Since the presidential campaign ended last fall, many people have been wondering what the Romney’s plans for the future are. Whatever they are, they apparently don’t include a turn on the dance floor for season 16 of Dancing with the Stars.

Ann Romney, the wife of former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, was in talks with DWTS executives about an appearance on the show, sources say. She was “very interested,” but ultimately decided against it.

Maybe President Obama should borrow one or two of Mitt Romney’s binders full of women, because there’s clearly a shortage of females among his top staff. The White House recently released a photo on its Flickr account with the caption: "In the Oval Office, the President meets with senior advisors to discuss the ongoing fiscal cliff negotiations."

There are 11 men in the picture and exactly zero females.

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. This year saw some glorious highs, like the camaraderie and triumph of 2012 London Olympics, and some tragic, heartbreaking lows, like the Sandy Hook Elementary school massacre and Hurricane Sandy's devastation in New York and New Jersey.

We saw acts of kindness, and startling acts of rage and violence. And we reelected the nation's first African American president to his second term. Here are some of the news highlights from 2012. What else would you put on the list?

Victories at the polls proved that 2012 was an amazing year for all women. But that's not to say there weren't also discouraging moments in the headlines along the way. Moments that could easily make you worry that we as women and as moms haven't made as much progress as we'd like to think we have.

From Ann Romney's remarks about working moms to totally OMG statements about how "selfish" all moms are, here are the most cringe-worthy, disparaging, all-around worst "mommy war" quotes about moms from the past year ... 

Maybe Mitt Romney wasn't too far off base when he told his national finance committee that Barack Obama won reelection in part because of all the “free stuff” he offered.

Detroit City Councilwoman JoAnn Watson stated publicly on Tuesday that she believes President Obama needs to bail out her failing city because the majority of the voters (75 percent) there voted for him.

Side note -- why does Detroit need a bailout anyway? Didn't Joe Biden proclaim it all better? Surely a politician wouldn't lie, would he? Eh, it’s not like anyone takes Joe Biden seriously anyway.

Have you seen this man? He may be riding his bike through your neighborhood right now. Or pumping gas at your local station. Or haunting the aisles of your local CVS. Or buying Thanksgiving dinner at Boston Market. He's Mitt Romney. And he lost the election.

His hair is messier now. He seems a little lost. He's been seen screaming his head off at Disneyland. And if help doesn't come soon Romney may be faced with the awful condition that afflicts too many failed presidential candidates: Goredom. Yes, Goredom: The shock of losing coupled with utter boredom with your post-campaign life.

Remember that time that guy got a "Romney/Ryan" tattoo on his face before the election was over? That was cool. Well, probably not to him. Actually, definitely not to him, because now he's decided that he's going to get it removed. Not because he feels silly walking around with a weird, blue and red double R symbol that has no meaning whatsoever anymore on his face. Because Mitt Romney's a sore loser.