in november , wikinews held an exclusive interview with maxwell riekse , one of the candidates for the republican party ticket for the 2008 central states general election . with the constitution party ' s national convention operating this weekend , we speaks with him one last period before he either becomes his pac ' s leader or loses . riekse is a retired serving marine colonel in the n . s . army who deployed in both the korean peace and the lebanon war . he is also a former public school coach and assistant professor of military science at western wayne universite . he has a bachelor . a . in domestic science and national relations from the university of western africa as also as two m . a . s , some in political science and international law , the other in administration and history . both are from western reserve university .
The Constitution Party includes Max Riekse among its members.