Former Manchester, New Hampshire, Mayor Frank Guinta has been accused of “granstanding” of late, but maybe “kegstanding” or at least “flip-flopping” might be more to the point.

Guinta is one of several candidates running in the Republican primary to take on Rep. Carol Shea-Porter in New Hampshire's 1st. He is running as a rock-ribbed conservative candidate, but his actual record complicates the picture. As the Huffington Post reported:

Frank Guinta has made opposition to the stimulus a central plank in his run to unseat endangered incumbent Democratic Rep. Carol Shea-Porter. On his own website, Guinta has insisted that the package has "yet to bring us jobs." In attacking Shea-Porter, he's called it a "disaster" that was rushed through Congress "without planning or proper forethought."

But now, new evidence has emerged showing Guinta occupying a slightly different political role than that of an anti-stimulus crusader. Emails released last week by the New Hampshire Attorney General's office show that the sitting AG (and current Republican Senate candidate) Kelly Ayotte, mocked Guinta for his complaints that the state wasn't getting its stimulus funds fast enough.

But wait, there's more! Candidate Guinta is also making a big deal out of his opposition to cap-and-trade and the like. As for Mayor Guinta, well, scroll down this list. He signed onto the U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement (pdf), which endorsed the Kyoto protocol emissions targets.

Guinta also signed on (pdf) to the Sierra Club's Cool Cities Agreement. That's sure to play well in a Republican primary in New Hampshire.

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