# Do Candidates Even Matter Anymore? Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/cnn-this-morning-5778810/do-candidates-even-matter-anymore Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/cnn-this-morning-5778810/do-candidates-even-matter-anymore.md Podcast: [CNN This Morning](https://stenobird.com/podcast/cnn-this-morning-5778810) Published: 2026-08-26T17:03:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/swap.fm/track/2nzGkisFXQswLYT5s325/traffic.megaphone.fm/WMHY4751937556.mp3 Audio file: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/swap.fm/track/2nzGkisFXQswLYT5s325/traffic.megaphone.fm/WMHY4751937556.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/cnn-this-morning-5778810/episodes/do-candidates-even-matter-anymore Duration seconds: 2866 ## Resource President Trump's endorsement was all it took to elect Lindsey Graham's sister. Are GOP primaries essentially loyalty tests? ... The president's plan to bring down the price of beef runs afoul of cattle ranchers, who are calling it a raw deal. Could cheaper imports come at their expense? ... True crime obsession surrounds the Lindsay Clancy murder trial, with amateur sleuths raising all kinds of conspiracies. Has the internet gone too far? ... In a nation divided, Dolly Parton was loved on both sides of the aisle. Was she America's last cultural common ground?    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/cnn-this-morning-5778810/episodes/do-candidates-even-matter-anymore/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/cnn-this-morning-5778810/do-candidates-even-matter-anymore.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.