The shift has been taking place for 20 years...
The media just hasn't seen it for some reason or is in complete denial...
We are witnessing a truely historic "grass roots" conservative movement which originated in the heartland of america and is slowly spreading east and west, with the final liberal holdouts clustering along the upper east and west coasts.
You are absolutely right.
What's changed is before now we had no way to communicate with each other on a massive scale.
Unlike the Left who've always had the media to get their message out to their masses.
Now, the tide has changed and they know it.
No the media has seen it, that is why they have become more increasingly anti-american and vitriolic towards christians and republicans, no they see it loud and clear.