Mayor Koch refused to be drawn into any further discussion about his distaste for the Jackson candidacy.

He said, however, that he would continue to support the Jackson candidacy.

This is a way for the black middle class to support the Jackson candidacy.

Last spring, newspaper editorials were euphoric over the Jackson candidacy.

So far, some politicians say, the fervor of 1984, when the Jackson candidacy seemed more a movement than a campaign, has yet to appear.

For moderate-to-liberal Jews, who are still a majority in their community, the Jackson candidacy is the source of a painful moral crisis.

That is quite different from 1984, when many leading black politicians endorsed Mr. Mondale, hurting the Jackson candidacy.

That question is on the minds of many black elected officials and voters who have mixed emotions about another Jackson candidacy.

Mr. Hollings observed that the Jackson candidacy of 1988 was far different from his 1984 campaign.

But the Members of Congress, many of whom were late converts to the Jackson candidacy themselves, saw two purposes.