Of course, ambassadorships tend to be pay-back positions. But, as usual, Obama always takes pay-offs to a new level.
Via Fox News:
Just six months into his second term, President Obama has nominated a slew of campaign donors and fundraisers for ambassadorships.
These nominations include major bundlers Denise Bauer and a Los Angeles entertainment attorney Crystal Nix Hines.
As of last month, Obama had given 32.2 percent of ambassadorships to political appointees — almost identical to his first term rate and slightly higher than those of recent predecessors in the long-held tradition of presidents rewarding big-time financial supporters.
The number compares to 30.02 percent under George W. Bush, 27.82 percent under Bill Clinton and 31.30 percent under George H.W. Bush, according to the American Foreign Service Association.