[jQuery] Re: Access css style sheet properties directly

I had help from someone on a topic like this one here:
http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-en/browse_thread/thread/26f858bba905e523
It's not a real solution to access css properties directly but more of
a work around, but here it is:

CSS:
div#cpblock-links a:link,
div#cpblock-links a:visited,
div#cpblock-links a:active {
        color: #ffffff;
        text-decoration: none;
}

a.cpblock-link,
div#cpblock-links a:hover {
        color: #535f68;
        text-decoration: none;
}

JS:
$('div#cpblock-links a').each(function(elem) {
        //
        if(elem == 0) {
                startColor = $(this).css('color');
                endColor = $(this).clone(false).addClass('cpblock-
link').css('color');
        }

        $(this).mouseover(function() {
                $(this).css({ color: startColor }); // Little bug fix on first
mouseover
                $(this).animate({ color: endColor }, 250);
        });

        $(this).mouseout(function() {
                $(this).animate({ color: startColor }, 250);
        });
});

If anyone has any better alternative to this, I would be glad to hear
it out :)