[goldstategop]

I'd say pro-life, pro-family, pro-school choice, pro-traditional values and pro national sovereignty. I think those are values that concern people because abortion, the disintegration of the family unit, public schools as laboratories for socialist indoctrination, moral relativism and open borders for illegal alien criminals are the kinds of phenomena that is threatening the future of our country. And we want the candidates to state what they'll do to promote a culture of life, man-woman marriage, private and home schooling, morally absolute rules, and secure borders. I submit that conservatives are not asking for a lot. We want to change the direction of our country to one of freedom, respect for tradition and hope in its future. Those are the values we would like to see our leaders uphold.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[Rudder]

We want to change the direction of our country to one of freedom, respect for tradition and hope in its future

Alhough I excerpted only a portion of your post, it's the best answer I got so far, and I agree with your list.

[Edit35]

Those are the values we would like to see our leaders uphold.

From my perspective, all GOP Pres. candidates except Rudy and Ron Paul have already expressed and displayed fairly conservative values.

I can support Mitt, Fred, Duncan, Huckabee, and/or maybe even Brownback.

(ron paul, of course, is a joke and Rudy would tear the GOP apart. McCain is too hateful)

That said, the main function of any of the above viable GOP conservative candidates such as Fred, Mitt or Duncan should be to meet, greet, and attract as many OTHER voters to their cause as possible.

With limited time, it is not always possible to meet and stroke every conservative group, ValuesVoters.com not withstanding.

[narses]

I posted 54 before I got to your post. Amazing how consistent we are, eh?