Delay in text click-drag selection in Safari

A very annoying bugginess that has arisen in Safari for me:
Delay of text selection.
I will attempt to click and drag to select text, but depending on how fast I move the mouse, a delay causes the action to miss the first part of the selection, as if the initial downward click of the mouse is delayed. I suspected the mouse first and foremost, as the Mac Pro and it's unreliable front USB ports have caused keyboard/mouse issues in the past for me. However, only Safari seems to have this issue. Copy/Pasting is quite a chore now, as I need to click and hold for a period of time before dragging, to insure I get all I need to select.
Latest OSX patch
Latest Safari version

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