What do you think of him fom what we see of him as Boss? We don't see much, but from what we do see, what do you think of him?

Consider:

-He was the leader of the youthful crew which consisted of himself, Tony Soprano, Silvio Dante and Ralphie Cifaretto.

- He had the idea, along with Tony, to rob Feech LaManna's card game. Feech was a hugely respected and feared Capo at the time, probably one of the top guys in the Family. And Jackie had the balls to suggest it'd be a good idea to rob his Executive Card Game. He and Tony were the primary robbers, with Silvio as the likely wheel man.

-He was appointed Boss at a pretty young age, being only 40 when Old Man DiMeo (the founder and original Boss of the family) went to prison.

Old Man DiMeo picked Jackie ahead of Tony (a Capo of the same age), Junior (a Capo who'd been in the family since it's beginnings), Ray Curto (again another Capo who was old and respected and had been around since the beginning), Larry Boy (Capo of the biggest crew in the Family), Jimmy Altieri, and anybody else.

I think it says something when the original Boss picks a guy who is very young in Mob terms to be Boss over guys who have been Capos for decades.

-He commanded respect and authority from pretty much everybody, even from Tony Soprano, who had a problem with authority. He commanded respect from Junior, who at one time he was a mere piss boy for.

-Despite being very sickly with cancer, he still got out of his hospital bed to mete out the sit down between Tony and Junior.

-Reigned for four years and apparently those were prosperous, peaceful years, and Jackie was considered to be a great leader. Even Chris Moltisanti, who had no real respect for his superiors, referred to Jackie as being like "a fucking God, great leader."