The New York Times credits “the hidden hand of thousands of Obama for America volunteers and staff members” for carrying Democratic candidates to victory in North Carolina.

How did they do it?  According to the NYT, “Never publicizing their work, they went door-to-door across the state, successfully getting their voters out to the polls in a highly effective dry run for 2012.”  It certainly did not help that North Carolina Republicans were flat-footed this year.