JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/1.4.0/bootstrap.min.css">
<script src="http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/1.4.0/bootstrap-twipsy.js"></script>
<script src="http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/1.4.0/bootstrap-popover.js"></script>
 <button data-controls-modal="modal-from-dom" id="bob" data-original-title="blah" data-content="ha ha" data-backdrop="true" data-keyboard="true" class="btn large blue">Launch Modal</button>

CSS

#bob { position: absolute; left: 60px; top: 100px;}

JavaScript

$("#bob").popover({ offset: 10});