I've never met him, but he has always seemed that way to me, just from his public persona. I always get the feeling that he's not wondering about the right thing to do, but about the thing most beneficial to him - and then he is going to be ruthless in pursuing it. That was certainly how he handled the sex scandals in his prior diocese.
The question is, now that he is Cardinal Archbishop of New York, what is left for him to attain? (Well, the answer is obvious, and it's not a pretty thought!)