A man and a woman maced some little old ladies yesterday in a Republican office in Galax, Va., home of the world-famous fiddler’s convention. Cops arrested two Obama supporters after the altercation:

Galax Republican Chairman Mike Stevens said he was one of the volunteers sprayed. He said a man and woman came into the office and asked for campaign yard signs for the Democratic ticket of Barack Obama and Joe Biden.

After being told the Obama-Biden campaign office was up the street, Stevens said, the man said he was aware of that, but that he thought Democratic signs were being stolen and “stashed” at the Republican office.

Maybe this is why tensions are getting a bit high among the nutroots.