Here’s a broad but not at all exhaustive list of basic, fundamental points of agreement: Strong borders and the benefits of a sensible immigration system Peace through strength Minimizing political censorship Eliminating crony capitalism (explicit in both statements) Free markets Corruption and decline of the educational system Corruption and decline of media Corruption and growth of the administrative state Primacy of marriage and family Federalism Independent judiciary The excesses of environmental extremism Nationalism (with some quibbles over the definition and application) Sanctity of unborn life Importance of the Second Amendment National debt There are some genuine divides among many members of both camps, including: Free trade Domestic spying Public religion Civil rights law (although this is unclear as the FreeCons haven’t fully reckoned with it in recent years) This question of priorities is the biggest development to conservative political thought because it does change the calculus when decisions have to be made on policies like the tax code, labor, trade, education, and then rhetoric.