Sort of, In the menu .tpl file I added White color to the link....ie:
I changed....
{$menu_title}</FONT></font>
-to-
<font color="#FFFFFF">{$menu_title}</FONT></font>
In essence I added color directly to the menu item font rather that allowing the skin1.css file to take care of it. Because I think the font color for all text links is Blue according to the css file. Therefore, Unless I spent a day trying to figure out how to add a new class to the css file this was the simplest way.
thought?