CNN Changes The Time Of The Next GOP Presidential Debate

Sam Feist, a CNN political director, speaks on stage in a gymnasium at the University of Texas at Austin Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2008, in Austin, Texas, after it was prepared for Thursday's 90-minute televised debate bet... Sam Feist, a CNN political director, speaks on stage in a gymnasium at the University of Texas at Austin Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2008, in Austin, Texas, after it was prepared for Thursday's 90-minute televised debate between Democratic presidential hopefuls Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton. (AP Photo/Harry Cabluck) MORE LESS
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CNN has moved the prime-time GOP presidential debate to 8 p.m. EST, closing the gap between the second-tier debate earlier in the evening, Politico reported late Tuesday night.

The second-tier debate will start at 6 p.m. and conclude by 7:45 p.m.

CNN anchor Jake Tapper will moderate with questions also asked by CNN Chief Political Correspondent Dana Bash and conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt.

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  1. CNN…Still making it up as they go along.
    Apparently 7:45 to 8:00 pm is enough time for GOP watchers to run out, get another 6 pack, reload their guns and read another Bible passage. Oh, and potty break…

    Not sure I’ll be watching any of this one. Its already become too predictable.

  2. It’s like watching NASCAR hoping to see a crash.

  3. Ah, c’mon CNN, just mush them all back up in a ball and let’s see how many old white men (plus a token black and a woman) we can fit on a stage!

  4. Trumpanalia II: The Voyage to Beyond Satire.

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