AP-GfK Poll: More than half say Obama should lose

WASHINGTON — Enter­ing 2012, Pres­i­dent Barack Obama’s re-election prospects are essen­tially a 50–50 propo­si­tion, with a major­ity say­ing the pres­i­dent deserves to be voted out of office despite con­cerns about the Repub­li­can alter­na­tives, accord­ing to a new Asso­ci­ated Press-GfK poll.