Schwartz was a competitive oarsman for fifteen years . Based at the Detroit Boat Club , the oldest boat club in continuous operation in the USA , he competed in fours and , later , in the lightweight single . He holds bronze and silver medals from the U.S. Rowing Championships and won four gold medals in lightweight events at Canadian Henley Regattas . Schwartz interrupted his healthcare career to pursue a music career in the late 1990s . Adopting his mother 's maiden name , he performed as Bobby Moore and developed a following in Berlin , Germany . He released one CD titled " Off the Grill . " He became a voting member of the Country Music Association ( CMA ) in 1994 . A handful of Moore 's songs were recorded by independent artists . " Three Weeks to Go , " a song co-written with Hank " Cowboy from Japan " Sasaki , was named Story Song of the Year by the Traditional Country Music Association ( TCMA ) in 2014 . TCMA founder Bob Everhart described the song in an on-line review as : " An astonishing rendition of what country music has always been .... " Schwartz ' public career in politics stopped for many years after graduate school . In 2008 , however , he became involved in the Presidential race supporting the Republican ticket of John McCain and Sarah Palin . He founded and chaired a grassroots organization called Music Row 4 McCain that generated networking and media attention for McCain/Palin . Largely as a result , he was one of 100 Americans to be named to the Platform Committee to the 2008 Republican National Convention in Minneapolis . As a freshman on the Platform Committee , Schwartz added " home schooling " as a legitimate alternative to public school education to the Platform . He also drafted language that was approved on a voice vote of the full Committee emphasizing the importance of prevention and early detection in health policy . Schwartz was also elected and served as a Delegate-at-Large from Tennessee to the 2008 Convention . After the loss of the McCain/Palin ticket , Schwartz returned to local grassroots activities . He was elected one of three Regional Directors of the Davidson County Republican Party . He also served as Membership Chair for the group and , in that role , worked to bring trainers from Leadership Institute , the Arlington-based conservative think tank where he had previously studied , to two training workshops in Nashville . Schwartz began investigating a run against long-time incumbent Democrat Jim Cooper in Tennessee 's Fifth Congressional District in 2009 . Cooper , the wealthy son of a former Tennessee Governor , announced his intention to run for re-election to a ninth term in Congress . Schwartz entered a crowded Republican field and focused his campaign on healthcare reform and legislative reforms in Congress . He lost his bid in the August primary finishing a distant fifth place . In 2012 , he served as Executive Director of Newt Gingrich 's statewide volunteer effort . Largely as a result , he was a Delegate to the 2012 Republican National Convention in Tampa garnering more votes in Tennessee 's Fifth Congressional District than Gingrich or eventual party nominee Mitt Romney
2008 Republican National Convention
2008 Republican National Convention
Bob Schwartz