you don't reach the status he had by being a dipshit, the guy definitely had brains. proven even more by the direction it looked like he wanted to take the gambino's. if anything he might have been a little ahead of his time in some instances.
it seems like he just fell out of touch with his rank and file guys towards the end and it cost him.
I'm the OP, and your views are the same as mine. Paul was white collar, but so was Sammy. Paul was trying to modernize the Gambinos, even if the blue collar faction were confused by the change of plans. More money, less risk, less violence. Mob activities that resemble 'legitimate' business are going to attract less 'heat' from police attention.
