more quickly than expected. "protecting the full faith and credit of the united states is the responsibility of congress. i respectfully urge congress to provide certainty and stability to the economy and financial markets by acting to raise the debt limit before february 7th." boehner had previously thought that he might have until march or at least well past valentine's day to assemble a goodie bag full of republican demands. remember, this is a late christmas, after all. conservatives have been waiting for this all winter long. >> the debt ceiling legislation is a time that brings us all together and gets the president's attention. >> we don't want nothing out of this debt limit. we're going to decide what it is we can accomplish out of this debt limit fight. >> we don't want nothing. which is to say we want something. and if we don't get something we're going to breach the debt limit. but shh. don't tell the american public that. as for speaker boehner, the response from his office was swift. "the speaker has said we should not default on our debt or even