Last week, McAuliffe received a full-flop for his flip-flop on offshore oil drilling. Again this week PolitiFact Virginia awarded McAuliffe the dubious ranking for his flip-flop on another important energy issue for Virginians, coal.

Comparing all the statements, it’s clear McAuliffe is friendlier to coal now then he was four years ago, when he urged Virginia to “move past coal.” This year, unlike 2009, he is promising to help the industry “grow,” promising to promote coal exports to Asian markets and calling for an “all of the above energy policy.”

McAuliffe does not mention coal in a 13-page agenda entitled “Keeping Virginia Competitive in a Global Economy,” or on campaign website site posts about his agendas on energy and jobs. In each of the postings, he talks up the need to create clean energy jobs – particularly wind power.

But McAuliffe’s words in Bristol ring loudly. We rate his new position on coal a Full Flop.