CSS for Hyperlinks failing to apply in CKEditor

I have an external style sheet being called using the following syntax after creating the instance of the editor on a given web page:

CKEDITOR.config.contentsCss = '/CKEditor/css/Editorial.css';

In this style sheet I setup the CSS for the Hyperlinks with a few simple things but they arent being applied inside the contents window of the editor. Every link in the editor is the default standard blue underline, no difference in color or hover effects. This is true whether its alreayd setup in the textarea bound to the editor before the editor is created or if I apply it through the editor after creation. Anyone know why the links wont show up with the CSS style applied? Heres the snippet of the external style sheet Im calling that applies to the links:

a.defaultLink {
font-family:arial,times,verdana,helvetica;
font-size:9pt;
font-weight:normal;
text-decoration:none;
color:#27408B;
}
a.defaultLink:hover {
text-decoration:underline;
color:#CD2626;
}