Blue Dogs wonder: Should we take a stand on the NLRB's disgraceful Boeing decision?

“I really don’t want to get involved,” said Sen. Mary Landrieu. The moderate Democrat from Louisiana has raked in more than $1 million in union contributions since her first election in 1996.

Sen. Ben Nelson, a Nebraska Democrat who faces a tough reelection bid in 2012, said he’ll start paying attention to the matter only if it comes up in a bill.

When Sen. Bill Nelson of Florida, a vulnerable Democrat up for reelection in 2012, stopped for a question from POLITICO on Tuesday, he bolted to the Senate floor when the case came up.

“I have to speak to a senator right now, I’m sorry,” Nelson said.