console.log(element.children());
        $.each(cache.search(etext), function (i, object) {
        	console.log(object.value);
          if (!element.children("option[value=" + object.value + "]").hasClass("selected") || !options.filter_selected) {
        	feed.append($('<li></li>').attr('rel', object.key).text(object.value));
            counter++;
            maximum--;
          }
        });


output from console.log:

run one:

[]
"this is a pretty long name" <and_a_relatively_long_mail@host.com>
recipient@email.com
"ttttttttttttttttttt" <testing@again.com>
"test 1233" <testing@test.com>

run two:


[
<option value=​""​this is a pretty long name"​ <​and_a_relatively_long_mail@host.com>​" id=​"opt_FNfAq9fQ5GWmtUNsJ0t81wOobgKC0pyM" selected=​"selected" class=​"selected">​this is a prett...​</option>​
]


"this is a pretty long name" <and_a_relatively_long_mail@host.com>
recipient@email.com
"ttttttttttttttttttt" <testing@again.com>
"test 1233" <testing@test.com>


It should be adding those 4 into the drop down box but it doesn't... the above code is detecting false positives in the option value I believe.