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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