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Michael Dukakis and his wife, Kitty, attend a campaign event in Boston. Although Dukakis tried to reach out to Jackson once the primary was won, Jackson was angry at the way their Fourth of July meeting was handled.

Jacksonwas dumbstruck. His jawtightly set, obviously trying to control his temper, he pushed past the reporters and said nothing. Later in the day, he explained that he was really not upset about having been left in the dark. “No, I’mtoo controlled,” he said. “I’m too clear. I’m too mature to be angry. I am focused on what we must do to keep hope alive.” For once, his words were entirely unpersuasive. He appeared very angry. FromDukakis’s headquarters in Boston came the lame explanation that it had all been a foul-up. No offense had been intended; staffmembers just could not locate in time the telephone number of the Cincinnati hotel where Jackson had spent the night. Jackson supporters were not buying it. Many believed it to be a calculated snub. “They weren’t simply careless,” said Maxine Waters of California.

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