The Uptake, which founder Jason Barnett calls Minnesota’s “C-SPAN for the common man,” provides video coverage of Minnesota politics. The site has recently received much publicity, especially because of the state’s Senate recount, when MinnPost and other competitors re-streamed The Uptake’s video on their sites. Despite the positive coverage, the Web site is seeing its revenue dwindle. During the 2008 election, the site received funding from political organizations like the Alliance for a Better Minnesota, but since then those major funding sources have dried up. Instead, The Uptake relies solely on small donors, and cash on hand is tight. It may get even worse as the contested Senate seat drama is finally resolved.