Although the election has long since passed, the Senate fight in Minnesota keeps raging on, with both sides running so close a race that they've been able to drag things out for months now. Even though Al Franken has a certified 225-vote lead, incumbent Norm Coleman has taken up his case with the courts, stopping Franken from taking office until the matter is resolved. All this political maneuvering has taken a toll on the Coleman campaign, though, and it's as hard-up for cash as anybody is nowadays. Hoping to drum up some support, his campaign is turning to YouTube videos to reach out to its supporters.

The campaign's video features a string of other Republican politicians, both in the Senate and the House, soliciting viewers for donations to Coleman's legal battles. The unified message across the comments from all the Congressmen is that the Senate needs Norm Coleman, and that any good Republican would show his or her support to keep his seat from going to the Democrats. The uphill legal battle it would take to do that, though, is quite glossed-over.

We're just not sure whom Coleman's campaign is trying to reach out to. Although there are plenty of Republicans out there, social media sites like YouTube seem to attract an audience that's heavily Democrat. Even when reaching Republicans, donors would have to be especially rallied behind the cause, as Coleman has already lost some important legal decisions in his appeal over the election results. It could take a miracle to get him back in the Senate now, and though it's admirable that the campaign is embracing the internet in reaching out to supporters, it feels like too little, too late.

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