he said he's a political consultant now. his brother no longer involved with politics, really can't stand it. i think it really is sort of binary, you either love it or hate it, particularly when you grow with it from a very, very young age. >> zeke miller, thanks for your time this morning. that wraps things up for me. "now" with alex wagner is coming up next. alex, what you got going on? >> hello, mara. happy friday. today we have hostage takers, bounty hunters and self-styled jedis. house republicans are starting to resemble characters from the "star wars" bar scene. we will discuss the gop's new government shutdown threat with sam stein, michael crowley, melissa harris perry and josh barrow. we'll also look at new senate bffs, john mccain and chuck schumer. and the far right's war on the right. plus, steve schmidt and the aclu's anthony ramiro tell us about their effort to help republicans evolve on gay marriage. and, he's down in the polls,