No really. Everyone has their own opinion. And they all stink like the old joke goes. But we all have our own view of what "conservatism" is.
Is it so very hard to look it up? Sheesh. They've got this new thing called the internet and everything...
Modern Conservatism is Reagan Conservatism. NeoConservatism (Bush) doesn't count - it is a usurpation of the title, and comes from the moderate wing of the Republican Party. Conservatism comes from the Goldwater or Libertarian wing of the Republican party.
Conservatism comes in four basic colors:
Civil-Libertarianism
Fiscal Conservatism
Social Conservatism
Defense Conservatism
Each of these factions rightly claim Conservatism. Each faction preserves (conserves) core principles which they consider to be paramount.
It was Reagan who pointed out that the principles of each faction also require the others, and thus, Reagan Conservatism embraces all of them.
And it is a Reagan Conservative that unites all the factions, because in that candidate, no faction is caused to ride in the back of the bus (nor thrown under). This is the failure of Neo-Conservativism.
So all you need to do now is find out the principles of the various factions, and match them to your own. To which factions do you adhere? Or can you embrace them all and win the big 'C'? Or are you even conservative at all?
For most, it is not a political stance. For most, it is a way-of-life.