Despite assertions earlier in the week that he would “solely target” Democratic opponent John Hickenlooper, former Republican Congressman Tom Tancredo on Wednesday foreshadowed a possibly brutal campaign when he quickly took a shot at GOP candidate Scott McInnis, The Denver Post reports.

Tancredo, who will officially announce today he is running for governor as the American Constitution Party candidate, said he was taking back the so-called “Platform for Prosperity” — which Tancredo helped write while advising McInnis — and using it himself.