By Peter Nicholas
President Barack Obama is expected to nominate as ambassador to Argentina an elite fundraiser who is part of his Los Angeles-based network of donors, according to a person familiar with the selection process.
Noah Mamet, who raised more than $500,000 for Mr. Obama in the 2012 presidential race, is the front-runner for the ambassadorial post, this person said.
Mr. Mamet’s website shows that he founded a business and political consulting firm that bears his name in 2004. He was part or the Obama campaign’s national finance committee in the ’12 campaign…