• Election ’12: Campaigns stick to economic messages: RADIO IOWA
• ADA helps Iowa disabled succeed as business owners: GAZETTE
• Election ’12: Jindal traveling to Iowa to stump for Romney: GLOBEGAZETTE
• Kids Count report shows impact of economy on Iowa: RADIOIOWA
• Lower-income Iowans fear July utility bills: GAZETTE
• Groundwork being laid for possible biorefinery: GLOBEGAZETTE
• Comic calls federal crop insurance ‘Obamacare for corn’: RADIO IOWA
• Court of Appeals issues mixed ruling for former Film Office director: RADIO IOWA
• Election ’12: GOP leaders continue focus on Obama ‘you didn’t build that’ remark: GAZETTE
• Iowa livestock producers feeling impact of scorching heat: SCJOURNAL
• Union raises prison safety concerns: GLOBEGAZETTE
• National Guard jets to conduct training in Iowa: QCTIMES
• 10 counties in USDA secretarial disaster area: QCTIMES

GALLUP SAYS BUSINESS OWNERS SOUR ON OBAMA: “U.S. business owners’ approval of Obama fell in the second quarter of 2012 to 35%, essentially tying farmers and fishers for the lowest approval among major occupational groups. Overall, professional workers remain the most approving, at 52%.” Good graphic on breakdown of support for Obama from various vocations (with samples large enough to make the findings credible)

A GROWING DEMOCRATIC ENTHUSIASM GAP: “Democrats are significantly less likely now (39%) than they were in the summers of 2004 and 2008 to say they are ‘more enthusiastic about voting than usual’ in the coming presidential election,” Gallup reports. “Republicans are more enthusiastic now than in 2008, and the same as in 2004.”