Corruption in Lake County?

Lake County, IN didn't report its election results until well after midnight last night, delaying the state election results until after most Americans went to bed. Why the delay?

Although neither candidate filed a formal complaint, many believe that it was due to good old Chicago-style corruption:

"They wanted to put Barack Obama over the top with Lake County's vote and games were being played like in the 1950s," said Hammond Mayor Thomas McDermott, who endorsed Clinton. "It went bad when a lot of people were watching."

In 1962, then-Attorney General Robert Kennedy called Lake County one of the most corrupt counties in the nation. The state Supreme Court tossed out the 2003 mayoral election in East Chicago because of campaign misconduct that resulted in dozens of voter fraud convictions.

It's also where former congresswoman Katie Hall resigned in 2005 as the Gary city clerk after pleading guilty to federal mail fraud charges. Those stemmed from accusations that she made office workers raise money for her re-election campaigns in order to keep their jobs.

Perhaps it's an instance of typical government incompetence, but I believe an equally likely scenario is that Obama cronies wanted to see how many votes needed to be made up to win the state. And as recently as 2006, there were dozens, including 3 police officers in Lake County charged with election fraud.

And we also had this from Gary Mayor Rudy Clay:

"Let me tell you, when all the votes are counted, when Gary comes in, I think you're looking at something for the world to see."