If Elizabeth Warren can't make it in Massachusetts, she can't make it anywhere

A new poll showing Sen. Elizabeth Warren significantly trailing in her home state of Massachusetts should be a worrisome sign for her candidacy.

Emerson released a poll finding Warren in third place with just 14 percent support in a Democratic primary, much closer to newcomer South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg (11 percent), than Sen. Bernie Sanders (26 percent) or Joe Biden (23 percent).

This is a pretty embarrassing showing. Emerson’s director of polling, Spencer Kimball said, “this is a concern for Warren who at this time does not have a firewall in her home state, and her rival Sanders has a strong base in the Bay State.”

But this has implications beyond whether Massachusetts can serve as any sort of firewall for her in the Democratic primary.