# Lindsey Graham wins, inflation looms Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-playbook-podcast-53549/lindsey-graham-wins-inflation-looms Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-playbook-podcast-53549/lindsey-graham-wins-inflation-looms.md Podcast: [The Playbook Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-playbook-podcast-53549) Published: 2026-06-10T09:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/POLL5876214410.mp3 Audio file: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/POLL5876214410.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-playbook-podcast-53549/episodes/lindsey-graham-wins-inflation-looms Duration seconds: 887 ## Resource Voters in Maine have decided: controversy-plagued Democrat Graham Platner will face Sen. Susan Collins in the fall. Meanwhile in South Carolina, Sen. Lindsey Graham defeated MAGA challenger Mark Lynch, avoiding a runoff election. And with a key inflation report due later this morning, Morning Money newsletter author Sam Sutton joins the Playbook Podcast to preview the latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers and what they could mean for voters. Follow POLITICO here: ➤ X: https://x.com/politico/ ➤ Instagram: / politico ➤ Facebook: / politico For more news and analysis, subscribe to the Playbook newsletter: politico.com/playbook ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-playbook-podcast-53549/episodes/lindsey-graham-wins-inflation-looms/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-playbook-podcast-53549/lindsey-graham-wins-inflation-looms.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.