Re the latest Globe/Suffolk poll showing Gov. Healey with a commanding lead over her GOP opponent despite not having a ‘signature achievement,’ a reader writes in: “The secret of her success: she did not make things worse … and it could be much worse (California, Minnesota, Illinois). It’s Massachusetts and she’s Governor so count down to the Presidential question.”

Actually, I don’t mind if she doesn’t have a signature achievement. Governors are just a ladder step above mayors when it comes to what voters expect from them: competence and fairness. They’re not looking for ‘signature achievements.’ … Read deeper into the Globe story and you’ll find that’s what some voters are thinking. … Btw: Other than his handling of two natural disasters that bookended his time in the Corner Office (the winter of 2015 and Covid), can you name a non-act-of-God-related  signature achievement of Gov. Charlie Baker?