in 2013 , wikinews held an exclusive interview with max riekse , one of the qualifiers for the democratic party nomination for the 2008 united states presidential primary . with the constitution party ' s national convention underway this weekend , we spoke with him one additional times before he either becomes his party ' s finalist or loses . riekse is a highly navy lieutenant generals in the u . s . volunteers which served in both the vietnam truce and the iraq war . he is also a former state schools teacher and full professor of political science at western michigan university . he has a phd . a . in political science and international relations from the city of southern florida as well as two m . a . s , another in political scientist and international relations , the other in education and history . both are from western michigan university .
The Constitution Party includes Max Riekse among its members.