Plus i couldn't see him and Paulie getting along very well.

Let alone him and Phil.

yeah that's true.They would have tried to take each other out,no doubt.

I still think Silvio would be the best bet.

No way silvio when tony got shot he couldnt handle it and ended up having a asthma attack and going to hospital

That would have been better in my opinion than being weak and getting half your damn crew taken out.

Silvio would be a good boss if he could handle the pressure. But I'm a Patsy Parisi kinda guy, go Patsy!

I think Silvio had the brains for it.Plus you can't diss Sylvio for having an Asthma attack,when Tony found himself having panic attacks.

I just dont think he would be a good boss,as number two yeah he was great but i dont think he would last long in the number one postion, he didnt know how to handle the disagrement with bobby b and i think he would be a weak boss

Members of organizations are members mainly because of their situational value. Few have the scope of experience and temperament to recognize the path of least resistance to achieving an objective or goal. Chris was a situational member who acheived what he did achieve in large part due to the forebearance and mentoring of Tony. As boss, he would not recognize the big picture.

I think that the only reason that Christopher Moltisanti was "comin' up" so fast was because Tony Soprano was his uncle.

Simply put, Christopher didn't have the experience to be boss. Too hot-headed, and many times he came up short against older guys: Paulie, Phil Leotardo, Richie Aprile, etc. Had he been older, maybe, though he still lacked the attributes required for leadership, and his constant drug abuse and weak self-discipline (without Ade and Tony's guidance he was basically a lost cause) probably wouldn't have taken him far. I also don't think enough people respected Chrissy.

Premature, rather unfortunate deaths aside, I actually think Gigi Cestone might have had the fittings to be boss - perhaps not all the fittings, but certainly the decision-making (the Mustang Sally hit), the swift assertiveness (killing "Spoons"), the appropriate people skills (handling Ralphie and Pat Parisi) and he had the required respect (by all bar Ralphie, though Ralphie didn't really respect anyone, so that's no biggie). He wasn't vocal until he needed to be, too - something that Chrissy never had.

But of course, becoming boss brings all sorts of pressures - look at Silvio.