was an amazingly effective, highly popular labor leader. But as a citizen, he was not good, a criminal. His closest friends were genuinely big league mobsters. But he was enormously charismatic, hard-driving, very bright.

Jim (the son) has a lot of those qualities, but certainly in less degree. He’s very energetic, a good speaker, he’s got a certain amount of charisma.

He’s smart enough to know he’ll be in a fish bowl. He should know he’ll be under scrutiny.

Jim is tenacious, a very capable guy. He doesn’t have all the strengths of his dad, and he doesn’t have the weaknesses of his dad.