Looks like the campaign is getting rough already, a full eight months before the first primary. Here’s hoping all the Republican candidates attack each other so much that they repress the Republican turnout. Heck, if they keep it up only about 28% of the country is going to admit knowing a Republican. From the Politico:

Sen. John McCain used a blogger conference call today to unleash his toughest — and most personal — attack yet on former Gov. Mitt Romney.

Per a McCain aide, one of the bloggers asked about the immigration issue and Romney’s attack on the compromise.

“Maybe I should wait a couple of weeks and see if it changes because its changed in less than a year from his position before,” McCain responded, referring to his rival’s immigration stance. “And maybe his solution will be to get out his small varmint gun and drive those Guatemalans off his lawn.”

McCain’s reference to “Guatemalans” was an allusion to the Boston Globe story from late last year that reported Romney used illegal immigrants from that country to do work on his lawn.

Asked to respond, Romney spokesman Kevin Madden counter-punched on the controversial topic.

What’s next? Do people follow the Romeny campaign dressed as illegal Guatemalans?