Why can't the excerpt have links?

[marcioehrlich]

Users complained to me for not being able to tap/click the excerpt or the thumbnail to get to the article.
I’ve saved the theme to a customized one and tried to change the theme.php code to allow more hrefs:

<tr>
  <td style="font-size: 14px; color: #666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
    <?php if ($image != null) { ?>
     <a href="<?php echo get_permalink();?>" target="_tab"><img src="<?php echo $image; ?>" alt="" align="left"/></a>
    <?php } ?>
    <p><strong><a target="_tab" href="<?php echo get_permalink(); ?>" style="font-size: 18px; color: #000; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; text-decoration: none"><?php the_title(); ?></a></strong></p>
    <a target="_tab" href="<?php echo get_permalink(); ?>" style="text-decoration:none; color:#666"><?php the_excerpt(); ?></a>
   </td>            
</tr>

When I preview a new newsletter, all links are apparently there. The mouse-over the excerpt, for instance, changes the cursor to the hand.
But when I save the newsletter, the excerpts loose their links.
Why is that?
Thanks.
Marcio

[Stefano]

The code seems correct, you should check the generated code. Could you?

Thank you, Stefano.

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