That was probably the tipping point. But you could see the signs earlier than that. Bork. Clarence Thomas. Media trashing Dubya. But you're right, Obama's election was probably the tipping point.
I have always believed it was the 2000 election: Bush/Gore that was the tipping point. I don’t believe the MSM ever got past that election going to Bush.
I've thought a LOT over the years about where the "tipping point" came.... I think, THIS was it.
As luck would have it, I was IN the Senate gallery in 1987 when Ted Kennedy gave his "Bork's America" speech.
I didn't FULLY appreciate it at the time... but, I KNEW it was a significant moment in history.