Looks like the DNC might have more problems on their hand than a contested convenetion, if they can't figure out their housing situation. Much of the media, including mainstream journalists and bloggers still have no hotel rooms booked, because none are available now.

Still, some media logistic planners have gone into panic mode lately after the Democratic National Convention Committee (DNCC) notified them that they might get only a fraction of the rooms they have requested - and few of those within walking distance of the Pepsi Center venue.

"It really is a crisis," said Andrew Taylor, chairman of the Standing Committee of Correspondents, which represents congressional reporters on Capitol Hill. "It doesn't sound like party officials are aware of how big a problem it is." [snip]

Prime downtown hotel rooms have become a precious commodity. And it has created tension between media companies and the DNCC, which has locked up 17,000 hotel rooms across the region for state delegations, party dignitaries, media representatives and others.

Some national television networks and The Associated Press, which employs Taylor, have reserved big blocks of hotel rooms on their own. But other outlets, including The New York Times, USA Today, Reuters and others, have requested dozens of hotel rooms via the DNCC. So far they've been allotted only a fraction of the rooms, various sources said.

Whether it's a result of poor logistical planning or contested-convention-crisis mode, either way, it's a bummer for them.