Of course, in any article offering a religious-political opinion, someone is going to drop in the word "fundamentalist" somewhere. Neither Mohler, nor Southern Seminary, nor the Kentucky Baptist Convention, are "fundamentalist."
Beyond that little bit of bias, I'm not particularly surprised at this development. McConnell is in trouble, especially if you take a look at the independent, non-partisan polling data, and his re-election, which is critical to any possible hope the Republicans have of getting a Senate majority, is looking more and more unlikely. Turnout is going to be the key, and with the United Mine Workers endorsement of Grimes, McConnell doesn't have a core constituency to tip the balance his way beyond Evangelical Conservatives. The moderate Republican wing in the state seems to be interested in getting rid of McConnell, and willing to stay home on election day to let Grimes do it for them.
The name dropping and your attempted connectionalism, Stephen, doesn't help your point. You sometimes make some good observations and post some credible articles, but your insistence on mentioning your pseudo-intellectual cabal distracts from the main point. At least you didn't work Molly Worthen into this post.