“I am something of a dreamer”—so confesses Barack Obama in the closing pages of Dreams from My Father, the title of which signaled his strong interest in dreaming, both metaphorical and literal. He shared two of his own dreams in that book, each appearing at a key point in the story and each testifying to his long struggle with the morally and spiritually ambiguous legacy of his father. Surprisingly, neither Obama’s critics nor his supporters seem to recognize the significance of what those two dreams reveal about his core values. …