(DAILYMAIL) — The White House struggled on Tuesday to defend Colleen Bell, President Barack Obama’s choice for U.S. ambassador to Hungary.
Bell, a top Obama reelection campaign bundler and a producer of the soap opera The Bold And The Beautiful, was confirmed today without a single Republican vote in the last window of opportunity for Democrats to approve such ‘patronage’ appointments before the GOP takes over the Senate in January.
Pressed to explain Bell’s qualifications for the diplomatic position, the president’s spokesman was unable to speak in specifics this afternoon, eventually citing her experience in the private sector as the reason she was selected.
