In addition to our coverage from Denver and the Democratic National Convention, BlogHer has also been awarded credentials to cover the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis - St. Paul.

That's right, the BlogHer team is going to spend August 25th-28th bringing you DNC details from Denver, sleep for a weekend, and turn around and head to the Twin Cities for all things GOP September 1-4th. (whew, I'm tired already!)

Two weeks of convention coverage from BlogHer.com!

The Official Blog of the GOPCONVENTION2008 says, "This year, the Republican National Convention planning team is much more focused on using new media to get the party's message out, said Matt Burns, director of communications for the convention."

* "The Republican convention in Minneapolis/St. Paul this year has a YouTube channel and has launched a YouTube video contest to attract Internet users."
* "In addition, USTREAM.TV has formed a partnership with the Republicans to stream video live. Burns said recent progress in video streaming technology will make it easier to provide live coverage of the convention to online users."
* "In addition, the convention has a Twitter account and FaceBook page and MySpace pages- and has launched an interactive online forum known as CONVENTIONiNSIDER where visitors can ask questions about planning in Minneapolis/St. Paul."

"The Republican convention team also said a Spanish language Web site is under development, and that video and streaming in Spanish would occur."

Karol from Alarming News will be there, "I just got my blogger credentials to attend the 2008 Republican National Convention in Minneapolis-Saint Paul.

Anyone else yet?"

For those who may not have been credentialed, but still want to participate the StarTribune reports the GOP National Convention is putting out an "SOS" for volunteers,

"The local committee says it has enlisted 6,000 volunteers. But it still needs another 4,000. The Denver Host Committee, which says it has gotten 21,000 volunteers for the Democratic convention, Aug. 25-28, shut off the application process three months ago."

If you are going or just blogging the happenings from your laptop and tv, make SURE to add yourself to BlogHer's Guide to Political Bloggers widget. (pssst, you can access it from your PHONE while you are there to find other bloggers!)

Outside, inside, or thousands of miles from Denver and St. Paul, women who blog will be covering events as they unfold. Will you? Let us know!

Contributing Editor Erin Kotecki Vest also blogs at Queen of Spain blog