Last week we brought you extensive coverage of the D.C. delegation’s activities at the Democratic National Convention in Denver. Now that the Republican National Convention is underway in St. Paul, can you expect the same kind of reporting? No, but it’s not for lack of trying.

DCist submitted a request to be credentialed for the RNC several months ago. On July 7, we received a reply from the RNC Special Press Credentials Office with the following message: “Unfortunately, due to the overwhelming interest in covering our convention, we are unable to accommodate your request for Special Press Credentials.”

In early August, we got in touch with DC Republican Committee Executive Director Paul D. Craney to make one last try at it. We noted that we didn’t want to leave D.C.’s Republican delegates out of our coverage. Craney got in touch with the RNC credentialing office, and he told us the answer he got was the same. They said they have a limited number of passes they can award, and they filled that number.

Considering the small size of D.C.’s Republican delegation, we suppose the RNC has a case to make for leaving us out — though one single pass for a mobile blogger hardly seems like a burden. But in the interest of making sure our readers understand that it was our intention to cover both conventions, we wanted to let you know we tried.