which put him on the outs with the Michigan 'publicans who were all lockstep with john engler on bush.  In addition, he was highly critical of delay's tactics in l'affaire nick smith.  When the 'publicans rallied around smith's son in the primary in 2004, they tried to get schwarz to pull out so the hereditary seat would remain in the family.  schwartz refused. He's a pretty good guy and a better doctor than frist.  

That said, I hope walberg wins because he's such a winger that Fred Strack has a better chance against him than he does against schwarz.  I don't know how competitive it is, but I did attend an event this weekend in Grand Ledge (normally solid 'publican) and I was VERY surprised at the reaction against bush and the 'publicans.  I also did a little walk around in Dewitt (MI08) and was equally as despondent after seeing that they're solid on rogers.