Reuters: Until Lisa Murkowski announced her intent to keep her Senate seat by mounting a write-in candidacy, the Alaska Republican’s name likely was rarely–if ever–mentioned in the same breath as Strom Thurmond. That could change Nov. 2. If Murkowski can overcome two challengers and the lack of support from the National Republican Senatorial Committee, she would be just the second successful Senate write-in candidate ever and the first since South Carolina’s Thurmond in 1954. “Let’s …