Catching up on ambassadorships ... Another Republican has landed a fine posting, this one on the tiny (122 square miles) island nation of Malta, strategically placed in the Mediterranean about 60 miles off the coast of Sicily. Douglas Kmiec, a professor of constitutional law at Pepperdine University and head of the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel in the Reagan administration, got the nod last week. Kmiec, a prominent Catholic and former professor at Notre Dame Law School, provided a key endorsement for Obama's candidacy despite the Democratic candidate's position on abortion. Malta, with a population of 410,000, is a Roman Catholic country. Also, Fay Hartog-Levin, a longtime and exceptionally plugged-in Democratic activist and early Obama supporter, has been tapped for the excellent posting in the Netherlands. Her husband, Daniel Levin, is a major contributor and cousin of two veteran Democratic lawmakers from Michigan, Sen. Carl Levin and Rep. Sander Levin. (Together the couple have contributed $574,283 to Democrats since 2003.) 