HAMPSTEAD, NH — After speaking to an overflow crowd at a coffee shop here, Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman elaborated on recent comments which some Republicans have interpreted as suggesting today’s GOP has lost its mind.

In an interview with Politico Friday, Huntsman said he subscribes to the theory of cycles of history.  “I believe we are in one such cycle,” Huntsman said.  “I think that cycle ultimately takes us to a sane Republican Party based on real ideas.”