Within the political sphere I think it is accurate to say that a partisan democrat should hope for a government shutdown. Poll numbers show that Republicans will take most of the flack for a shutdown. A partisan on either side would love to press an advantage like that.

However, Republicans will take most of the flack for a shutdown because they they actually think a shutdown would be a good thing for our America. They aren’t trying to avoid a shutdown because they don’t seem to think government does anything useful besides preventing abortions.