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.

过去两年间，奥巴马四处夸夸而谈，都说要清扫华盛顿这个”奥吉亚斯牛圈”2，封死权钱间的”旋转门”，提高精神文明水平。