Required Reading - August 3, 2009; 5:19 PM ET

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Rebates for ‘Clunkers’ Aid Ford Most as Car Sales Climb New York Times | The best evidence either for or against the cash for clunkers program, depending on your perspective.

The White House Creates An Enemy Out Of A Friend The Atlantic | How and why Democrats decided to demonize the insurance industry.

The Guns of August New Republic: The Treatment | The health care lay of the land for recess.

Two Sides Take Health Care Debate Outside Washington New York Times | Get ready for a lot of military analogies -- "blitzes" and "offensives" are breaking out everywhere.

Military-Civilian Terror Prison Eyed Associated Press | Obama plan would combine a maximum-security prison with a courtroom facility, with possible sites in Michigan and Kansas.

Drug, Energy Firms Buck Lobbying Decline Wall Street Journal | There's one industry that has already benefited from the health-care fight -- K Street.

Inside Peek at Obama's Speech Chicago Tribune | Behind the scenes of Obama's Cairo address.

The Message Is the Message New York | Speaking publicly somewhere seemingly every day, Obama "is in the information business almost as much as the policy business."

By Ben Pershing | August 3, 2009; 5:19 PM ET
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