Ted Cruz today called for "ways to mitigate the harms from ObamaCare," and he's looking squarely at you, debt ceiling showdown: "The debt ceiling historically has been among the best leverage that Congress has to rein in the executive," he said today on State of the Union, and he wants Republicans to use it to get "some significant structural plan to reduce government spending" and to "avoid new taxes." "The president’s demand—jack up the country’s credit card with no limits and no constraints—is not a reasonable one," he said, as per Politico. Turning to the government shutdown, Cruz said that the number of "nasty partisan jabs" emanating from the left wing is "indicative of the fact that we're winning the argument—ObamaCare isn't working."