Should Democrats Hope for a Government Shutdown?

Politico:
“They’d never say it publicly. But catch many Democrats in an honest
moment and they would admit that a Republican-led government shut down
this fall might be the best thing — perhaps the only thing — that could
revive their fading hopes of capturing the House next year…Nothing
short of a powerful jolt — a moment that grabs casual voters by the
lapels and makes them take notice — is likely to alter the landscape in a
dramatic way. A shutdown could be it, Democrats argue, putting in play
GOP-leaning districts now thought to be all but out of reach.”