Python programming is no harder than learning programming in general. Python for its part has a very simple syntax with a few rules, and the code as a result if generally very easy to read. You will spend far more time learning libraries than thr language itself.

Python is also a state of mind. They coined the term "pythonic" to represent lines of code that solve problems in a way that resembles python's "mentality". The mentality of python is simple: simplicity. If you find yourself doing a lot of convoluted operations, this is generally al sign that "you're doing it wrong" and there is a more efficient way in python. For instance:

C/C++:

for (int i=0;i<10, i++)

{

 printf("%d\n", i);

}

Whereas in python (intro level):

for i in range(10):

   print i

Some I feature I really love, that simplfies programming immensely, are list comprehensions:

real_items = [x for x in some_list if x is not None]

processed_items_result = [process(item) for item in real_items]

(I'll leave you to figure out what these mean)

In short, if you're just starting its a great language because it is probably the easiest.