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I think that you make an excellent point about the “dreams” of his father. It was never discussed before the election the sort of dreams that Obama,Sr. had for his native Kenya.
I am one who is not so sure that Obama is in fact his biological father. If Obama,Sr. is not the person listed on the original birth certificate, it would be a very good reason to go to such lengths to keep the certificate hidden. The other reason is that people like Ayers did see something in Obama that they thought would be useful. It wasn't his innate intellect or his dilligence or his work ethic or his articulateness or his writing. It seems to me that he might have had a blood line that would give him instant credibility among the fellow travelers. Obama, Sr. did not possess that. Obama’s great sense of his own self-worth and destiny and entitlement would be explained better if he believed himself to be born to a great lineage, an heir to the cause.
I know that abandoned children often idealize their fathers, but they often harbor bitter resentment and a deep sense of betrayal. It seems odd that he would write a book extolling his father's dreams if that father were Obama,Sr. He was not trying to reconcile with the man and create a relationship with him as an adult. The time had passed for that. If we consider that Obama, Sr. is not the father, but someone else, it has some merit to me.
I know that I haven't been logical. First talking about Obama and his dreams for Kenya and then postulating that he wasn't in fact, Obama’s true father. The truth is that it doesn't make sense to me and therein lies the inconsistency of my thinking.
Obama has been packaged and marketed by some other entity for a very long time. No one is accepted to Harvard Law School without leaving a trace of accomplishment at Columbia without the aid and assistance of some very powerful people. There is something in Barry's pedigree that caused people to take note, not in his abilities.

Obama has been packaged and marketed by some other entity for a very long time. No one is accepted to Harvard Law School without leaving a trace of accomplishment at Columbia without the aid and assistance of some very powerful people.

That is exactly correct.

For that matter, even blacks had to have done something to get accepted to Columbia in the 1980s. His progress from a doper with bad grades at the Punahou School, to Occidental, to Columbia and then to Harvard is very remarkable, particularly when you consider the dearth of honors or achievement.