Vertically align text within div element

Question

I know this question has been asked to death but nothing through searching has worked for me.

You know the deal, I have a div element that I need to vertically align

Answer 1

Seems like a common float issue which can be fixed with a clearfix or, like i did in the following code snippet, with a fixed height of the wrapper.

I also sat an line-height of the floating divs and made it a little wider.

Take a look at this:

 
  
    
  
  This is the text to vertically align  
  
 

http://jsfiddle.net/YqxPZ/3/