Mayor gets national TV time

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, in Washington, D.C., as part of a group of local officials lobbying for money from the federal stimulus package as well as urging Congressional approval of the package, became an administration spokesman for the measure.
Villaraigosa, who was in Washington for one day, turned up on CNN and MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews to urge approval.
While there, he was asked on both networks on whether he will be running for governor.
' He deferred in his comments, pointing out he is running for re-election on March 3.