Jonathan Harris’s Busy Week.

Democratic operative Jonathan Harris is enjoying a busy week. The West Hartford Democrat will finally convert his exploratory committee for statewide office into a candidate committee for governor. The former legislator and mayor is also having to spend more time than he expected whipping West Hartford Democrats into line behind his lackluster effort for high office. Anything other than unanimous support among delegates would be a fatal embarrassment. A tranche of local activists would rather not sit out the campaign as Harris supporters but to follow their hearts and minds might have local consequences.

Still no word on when Harris will release those ugly emails and other records the state Democratic party paid more than $300,000 to keep secret and end an investigation into what Harris and other Malloy loyalists did to subvert campaign finance laws in 2014. You’ll know Harris is getting some traction when Democrats and Republicans start to shine a light on that slimy burden.