In the waning days of his extraordinary year and on the cusp of his presidency, what now seems most salient about Obama is the opposite of flashy, the antithesis of rhetoric: he gets things done.

• 对他来说非同寻常的一年将要结束，总统任期将会开始，现在看起来对奥巴马来说最重要的则是华丽的反面，雄辩的对立面：他搞定了。