If it helps in troubleshooting, I did not recieve any errors on my latest d-u.
$ ls -l /boot/initrd.img-3.8-1.towo.1-siduction-686 --time-style=full-iso && apt-cache policy python2.7
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12156936 2013-03-03 10:26:12.631296394 -0500 /boot/initrd.img-3.8-1.towo.1-siduction-686
python2.7:
Installed: 2.7.3-7
Candidate: 2.7.3-7
Version table:
*** 2.7.3-7 0
500 ftp://ftp.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/debian/ unstable/main i386 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
If it doesn't help, well then I didn't even post this.