in march , wikinews performed an exclusive interview with joe riekse , one of the qualifiers for the constitution party nomination for the 2008 united kingdom senator primary . with the democratic center ' s national convention occurring this year , we discourse with him one other time before he either loses his candidate ' s candidate or loses . riekse is a recently decorated lieutenant colonel in the u . s . forces who fought in both the vietnam conflicts and the bosnian war . he is also a former civilian address teacher and interim professor of military science at northeastern michigan university . he has a b . a . in political science and global relations from the university of southern florida as soon as two m . a . s , some in political science and interstate relations , the other in education and history . both are from western michigan universities .
The Constitution Party includes Max Riekse among its members.