I know a lot of people in the media — especially on MSNBC — are making a big deal out of the fact that Bernie lost MA.

This was a state he was supposed to win, they say. This was a state ‘designed’ for a Bernie candidacy — an insurgent, liberal campaign.

Remember 2008, when we had a transcendental grassroots candidate, who altered Democratic Campaigns forever?

That was Barack Obama, of course, and it’s hard to imagine another Democratic campaign ever quite being able to match what he was able to do in 2008.

Remember how Massachusetts's most prominent politicians at the time, and one of the most prominent ever -- Senator Ted Kennedy and Governor Deval Patrick -- very prominently endorsed Obama, just leading up to the Massachusetts primary?

It was huge, national news at the time. Senator Kennedy gave a huge stump speech for Obama, and it really seemed to make a difference in the campaign at a national level — helping a lot of people get on board with Obama. It was covered in the news, both nationally and locally, for a great deal of time, not just a day or two.

This was all an amazing, big deal, for one of the best campaigns of all time — and certainly the best in modern campaign history.

So, how did this all add up for Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton in MA in 2008?

Hillary Clinton crushed the President.