Et tu, DeSpirito?

Onondaga County Chairman John DeSpirito can’t seem to make up his mind when it comes to who should be running for Governor on the Republican line this fall. Originally, he supported Erie County Executive Chris Collins, who never actually joined the race. Then, he endorsed current frontrunner for the nomination Rick Lazio. However, he recently appeared with Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy as he announced his own quest for the nomination. Levy just recently switched parties to become a Republican. He was formerly a Democrat and will be unable to vote for himself in the Republican primary. When he announced his party switch and campaign for Governor, he was joined by DeSpirito, along with a few other county chairmen and NY State GOP Chair Ed Cox, who endorsed him at the event. Are Republicans that down on themselves that they’ll support a man for the state’s top spot that was a registered Democrat not even two weeks ago? Rick Lazio, the eternally betrayed candidate, was in Syracuse the other day for a press conference. DeSpirito, from what I can tell, was not present.