For Future Reference

IE Select Element Fix, jQuery

$(function() {
    var expand = function()
    {
        var myWidth = $(this).css("width").replace('px', '');

        $(this).parent().css('position', 'relative');
        $(this)
            .data("origWidth", $(this).css("width"))
            .css("width", "auto")
            .css('position', 'absolute');


        if( $(this).width() < myWidth )
        {
            $(this).css('width', $(this).data("origWidth"))
        }
    };
    var contract = function()
    {
        if (!this.noHide)
        {
            $(this).parent().css('position', 'static');
            $(this)
                .css("width", $(this).data("origWidth"))
                .css('position', 'static');
        }
    };
    var focus    = function(){ this.noHide = true };
    var blur     = function(){ this.noHide = false; contract.call(this) };
    
    $("select").hover(expand, contract).focus(focus).click(focus).blur(blur).change(blur);
});

Based on http://stackoverflow.com/questions/206997/jquery-javascript-ie-hover-doesnt-cover-select-box-options