Hardball   |  November 19, 2012

Chris Matthews’ favorite part of election night: concession speeches

Chris Matthews made an appearance on The Tonight Show Friday and talked about his favorite part of election night.

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>> more for the late night scene. i was on "the tonight show " on friday to do some post-election analysis. i talked to jay leno about my personal highlight of every election night . it night price you. my favorite part is the concession speeches. i just love it when they come out because the newscaster can make a statement, everybody has their opinion, but when the loser comes out and just walks out -- i love -- i think it was the best thing he ever did in his life, romney.

>> i thought --

>> walked out to -- out to the lip of the stage all by himself, not with his wife or kids, all by himself and he said i was just on the phone with the president. i congratulated him i'm going to pray for him. i had the best running mate i could have, the best team around me. no complaints, no dodging the ball. it's like sinatra said, class. just class. if only romney had stopped there instead of spoiling that classy moment by talking about gifts.