What A Long Strange Trip- MN US Senate Election

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It's the longest election in Minnesota's history, and it's still not over. But a ruling from Minnesota's election contest court may have signaled the beginning of the end of Minnesota's US Senate race. Former Senator Norm Coleman's chances of winning the election were severely dimmed when the court ruled that only 400 additional ballots will be counted. Democrat Al Franken leads Coleman by 225 votes.

The election contest has been a soap opera, drawing thousands of viewers from all over the country every day. In the above video, The UpTake's Mike McIntee takes us through the major plot lines and moments of the trial, which has been educational as well as entertaining.

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[rjbonacolta]

It makes me rather sad that people actually vote for people like Coleman.

[eebruce]

That is why they are trying to use the "equal protection" clause of the 14th amendment ... "no state shall ... deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws".

Of course, the Colman campaign is trying to have it both ways, since at first they tried to get better protection for absentee voters from republican leaning counties, and are only turning to equal protection if they lose that effort.

[soicuw]

wish Dean Barkley beat these two corrupt politicians

[chadpopstar]

Coleman just lost. Al Franken is now Senator Franken!!

[GretchenDawntreader]

this has been a surreal process and it must be extra trippy for MN residents. Kudos to Veracifier/Uptake for tireless coverage.

[MyMistyGirl]

Conservatives are closed-minded and living in the dark-ages. They still think the world is flat. The oppose new ideas, which gives them brain farts. If Conservatives had thier way, we would still own slaves, women would not be allowed to vote, you would have to pay for education, since public education is "socialist." Do you really want people running our country who think people and dinosours roamed the earth together? A good place to be is in the middle.

[gahnzo555]

Wow, all I have did was give my opinion and make a statement. You assume quite a bit. Your vitriolic diatribe describes your viewpoint quite well as well as most Liberals. But your last sentence sums up your philosophy which I particularly do not want to live under. I personally do not want to live in a country that thinks we need to "engineer a society". If that is your intent, please move to another country that already is "engineeried". Perhaps Cuba would be more to your liking.

[baronmorris]

no incentive to strive for a better life? get real. enough is never enough in this land of manufactured greed. & ur a testament to that rampant greed, evidently. You like so many others suffer from a false scarcity model. Do people really need 3 cars & 5 big screen TV's etc ad nausem when other people are starving in the streets?

look up maslow's hierarchy of needs. It is in the enlightened self-interest of us all to engineer a society that fosters self-esteem in all, for the betterment of all.

[gahnzo555]

Liberalism destroys lives. When there is no incentive to strive for a better life, when there is no personal investment in getting an education, when there is no incentive to work for getting a better place to live, a better job, a better lifestyle. That is what destroys lives. When you hand it out for free there is no investment to hold it with respect or care. I

[gahnzo555]

Minnesotans once elected a Pro Wrestler to be the Governor, now it appears they have elected a comedic satirist for Senator. What's next a pro athlete for mayor?

[jonasoccer10]

1. copy and paste

2. send this to 2 other videos.

3. hold your breath

4.press refresh twice

5.LOOK AT YOUR HANDS