Gov. Maura Healey should still somewhat easily win re-election, based on the most recent UNH poll (scroll down) and other surveys. But she’s definitely making it harder than it should be. There’s the migrant-shelter debacle, the rise and fall of odd-duck Monica Tibbits-Nutt, the governor’s cocaine-peddling liaison to western Mass., natural-gas pipeline flipflops, the rapid-fire turnover of her cabinet, etc. And there’s also, of course, the general affordability issue that’s driving residents out of Massachusetts and the general crappy-time-to-be-an-incumbent sentiment that could be detected in last year’s local elections.

Btw – There’s one thing I’m pretty sure voters aren’t overly concerned about: the governor’s schedule. What an odd story from the Globe. I suppose her pullback from the spotlight does say something about the governor. I just don’t know what.