Conservatives don't seem to know too much?

The typical conservative, say Doug Hoffman the Conservative Party congressional candidate or Senator John McCain, say that they want to reduce spending thereby reducing the deficit. When asked how they intend to do it, they say cutting pork barrel projects and earmarks. Out of the 3 trillion dollar budget, those combined account for 36 billion dollars. Cutting out all of those would have a small effect, and combined with the tax cuts that conservatives run on would only increase the deficit.