Charles Percy : In the mid-1970s , Charles Percy was a rising Percy star who fought urban poverty , Charles Percy . Emerging New Right toppled Michael Wolraich and other liberal Republicans , he writes . Wolraich : The New York Times called him `` the hottest political article in the Republican Party , '' and Richard Nixon worried that Percy would be his most formidable competitor in the primaries . Percy 's career shows how a diverse GOP became lock-stepped in ideology .
Charles Percy : In the mid-1970s , Charles Percy was a rising Percy star who fought urban poverty , Charles Percy . Emerging New Right toppled Michael Wolraich and other liberal Republicans , he writes . Wolraich : Percy 's career shows how a diverse GOP became lock-stepped in ideology .