Paul Martin is frantically spending the last days of the election campaign reminding people that Stephen Harper comes from Calgary. Because, you know, everyone from Calgary in unfit to be Prime Minister.

If Martin does somehow win this election, he’s going to leave Alberta extremely pissed, and a lot of Liberals out West in a foul mood. The “Alberta Card” may be good tactics when it comes to winning elections but, like the anti-Americanism, it’s damaging to the country in the long run.

Remember the fuss when the Reform Alliance ran those ads asking if people really wanted a leader from Quebec? This is the same sort of regionalism that parties who pretend to be national should stay away from.

Especially from a leader who said his time as Prime Minister would be judged a “failure” if he couldn’t end western alienation.