Throughout two years of high-flown speechifying he promised to clean the Augean stables of Washington, close the revolving door between power and money and raise ethical standards.

• 在奥巴马两年浮夸的演说中，他到处许诺要清除华盛顿艰难的禁锢局面，关闭权力与金钱之间的“旋转门”，并提升伦理道德标准。