Will 2012 be as good a year for the GOP as 2010 figures to be?

Here, and here, and here, and then again back here, Ed Kilgore and Jay Cost carry on a lively debate as to whether the Republican party looks to be in anywhere near as good shape (or, to put it another way, whether the Democrats look to be in anywhere near as bad shape)in 2012 as in 2010.

While I think Democrat Kilgore is whistling in the dark, the discussion is instructive. I see Barack Obama as quite beatable. But I also think that beating him will be anything but easy.

Meanwhile, according to Gallup, more voters continue to say that President Obama does not deserve a second term than say that he does.

HT: Real Clear Politics