in 2007 , wikinews recorded an exclusive interview with max riekse , 1 of the winners for the constitution party nomination for the 2008 united states presidential election . with the new party ' s world convention underway this weekend , we spoke with him some other time before he currently becomes his opponent ' s nominee or loses . riekse is a retiring decorated senior colonel in the u . s . army who served in both the vietnam war and the korean war . he is also a former secondary school teacher and assistants professor of government sciences at western michigan college . he has a bachelor . a . in political sciences and international affairs from the university of south florida as well as two m . a . s , once in political islam and global relation , the other in politics and history . both are from western detroit university .
The Constitution Party includes Max Riekse among its members.