Sorry, Colofornian. I cannot agree with this, because it simply has not been my experience these past few months. I can't think of a single ABOer who has ever freaked out about losing the deep blue state of California, for example, because all the ABRers were throwing their votes away on some third party candidate. I don't want to offend you, but I suggest it is possible that you are presuming that all these ABOers are morons, who think Romney would actually have a real chance in CA if not for you silly ABRers throwing away your votes. It just might be that when these people talk about wasting a vote, they might be referring to, as I am always referring to, only the toss-up states where it really matters. I throw that out there for your consideration.
We consistently see from posters the notion that Virgil Goode or Tom Hoefling "can't win"...yet that same acknowledgement is almost NEVER offered to Romney's chances in blue states.
I think I can help with this one. I have said many times that neither Goode nor Hoefling can win, meaning that when the electoral votes are all tallied, it is a 100% certainty that neither will be the next POTUS. And for some reason, that fairly simple and obvious observation has been (mis-)construed in the strangest of ways. Yesterday, someone even equated my statement to the Dredd Scott case. No, I am not making that up. Really.
But when I, and all the other ABOers I know of, point out that neither Goode nor Hoefling will possibly be the next POTUS, that is not to say that we believe Romney is competitive in every single state in the Union. Because we don't. So while I understand you are frustrated, I don't really understand why my observation about Goode's or Hoefling's prospects is the cause of your frustration.
On this very thread, Californians, for example, have been called Obama-lovers, slackers, and so forth.