Russell joined Dukakis--and most of her Council colleagues--during a campaign stop at a North Cambridge nursing home on Tuesday. But she planned to spend Saturday night at a Boy Scouts' testimonial dinner, not on the campaign trail.

Russell adds that if New York Gov. Mario Cuomo chooses to endorse Dukakis, as has been rumored, Dukakis could pick up even stronger support from Italian communities like the neighborhood along Cambridge St. "He'll have East Cambridge unless Lee Iacocca comes into it," she says.

"I just did a little bit down Scituate way," says former Mayor Walter J. Sullivan Jr., who owns a summer home in the South Shore town. "I did my share in Cambridge," he adds. "We did the rest homes all during the week."

Sullivan says he sees "a lot of Republicans out there" campaigning, but very few members of his own party. "I can't believe it," he says. Tuesday, he adds, he'll be "just going around trying to bring people to the polls"--adding that the effort could be difficult because Cantabrigians vote sparsely in primaries.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson's campaign chose to make a strong effort in Massachusetts, and was scheduled to receive the endorsement of civil rights leader Julian Bond today. Jones says the campaign had concentrated on distributing leaf-lets in predominantly Black Boston neighborhoods and outside Black churches on Sunday morning.

He says tomorrow the campaign will put "every person we have" into making sure that Jackson's voters make it to the polls.

The campaign's expectations from Massachusetts voters are low, at least officially. "We're saying 5 percent, but we think we can do better," Jones says of the voter totals. "Anything over that is a victory." But don't think the Jackson campaign has forgotten about the 15 percent threshold.

As for Missouri Rep. Richard Gephardt's campaigning, "We're not," says Jane Arnold '90, who directs a small volunteer corps--"three very dedicated men, basically." Arnold is the candidate's only official staff member in this state.

"We're hitting some plant gates and some retirement homes," Arnold says. "Those are our natural constituency in this state."

Arnold says of Jackson's choice to campaign here, "He's doing very well. It's a strategy that might have worked for us." She says a second candidate could pick up a protest vote against Dukakis. "Those who haven't benefited from the Massachusetts Miracle--quote, unquote--will be looking for an alternative," she says.