decide tomorrow whether american amanda knocks will be retired for the murder of her roommate. and tiger woods is the top rank golfer for the first time in three years. welcome back to "hardball." the beating that republicans took last year has led to a lot of soul searching in the gop about how the party could expand its base and become more competitive nationally. but a new report by the former head of the research center suggested the very things that keep republican members of congress in office are keeping new people out of the party and republicans out of the white house. we'll explain. check this out. in 1992, at the end of the george herbert walker bush presidency, the gop's favorability at 48%. fast forward to this year, 2013, 33% of americans have a favorable view of the party. one in three. 58% judges them unfavorably. that's the lowest favorability for republicans in 20 years.