Posted on Thu, Jan. 20, 2005 At low-key parties and swanky soirees, Democrats gather to mourn BY JILL ZUCKMAN Chicago Tribune WASHINGTON - (KRT) - Elisabeth Reiter slept late, avoided the television and then donned her Kerry-Edwards baseball cap and her Kerry-Edwards fleece jacket to meet her campaign friends at the Front Page, a smoky watering hole in Dupont Circle. "Is this a particularly bad day for you?" a man asked the former press advance aide as she sat down at the bar. "Yeah," said Reiter, her face a picture of sadness as she sipped a beer. As Republicans partied...