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WASHINGTON — Reeling from their party's loss in the presidential election, some key Democratic financiers and strategists say they have learned a clear lesson: Next time around, no Northeasterners need apply. The blue-state party needs a face from a red state if it is going to expand beyond its base on the two coasts and preserve its hold on the Upper Midwest, where its long-standing appeal to voters has become tenuous, these insiders say. Their voices — if they become ascendant as the Democratic Party undertakes a round of soul-searching after Tuesday's losses by presidential nominee John F. Kerry and...

Michael Moore has broken his post-election silence in two messages posted on his website. The first, posted Thursday, listed his “first thoughts after the election,” which turned out to be the names of all who died on September 11. He ended the post by asking them to “forgive us.” A second message was posted today entitled “17 Reasons Not to Slit Your Wrists,” in which he tries, to no avail, to put a positive spin on the election results for liberals around the country. The “Reasons” include that George W. Bush cannot run again, that he had a “narrow” victory...