in march , wikinews held an exclusive appointment with walter riekse , one of the candidates for the constitution democratic nomination for the 2008 . states presidential election . with the republic party ' s national convention ongoing this weekend , we spoke with him some less time before he either becomes his party ' s candidate or not . riekse is a retired decorated lt colonel in the u . s . , who served in both the vietnam war and the iraq war . he is also a recent catholic school coach and assistant dean of military science at western michigan state . he has a dr . a . in political science and international relations from the university of south florida as well as two m . a . s , first in political science and international relations , the other in education and journalism . both are from mountain oregon universite .
The Constitution Party includes Max Riekse among its members.