Welcome to the Morning Buzz, PRRI’s morning dose of religion-related news with a shot of data – because what doesn’t liven up a morning round-up like some public opinion numbers? Yet more proof that you should never, ever make jokes on Twitter. Ever. The sad story of two British tourists detained at LAX for making the wrong cultural reference is here.

Today, Florida’s GOP voters head to the polls. The Florida primary is Mitt Romney’s chance to reassert his place as front-runner, and it looks like he has a good shot. The issue of Gingrich’s character has been reemerging in the past few days, especially among female voters. Meanwhile, at the National Review, Jim Geraghty wonders whether Rick Santorum’s reaction to his daughter’s sudden illness (Santorum canceled campaign stops in favor of being with 3-year-old Bella) will help him in Florida.

If you have been following the fortunes of the Gingrich campaign with more than a little puzzlement, it may comfort you to know that you’re in good company. In a thought-provoking piece, Thomas B. Edsall parses out how it is possible for Gingrich to run as “the first conservative presidential candidate to campaign on a package of traditional values from which he is exempting issues relating to personal sexual behavior.” For Edsall, this signals the collapse of the Christian Right’s moral vision, in favor of “conservative rage at liberal elites”.

The Obama administration’s refusal to exempt religiously affiliated organizations from providing no-cost birth control to their employees through their insurance plans has, unsurprisingly, outraged American Catholic bishops and drawn battle lines on Catholic campuses. In an op-ed for the Washington Post, E.J. Dionne argues that the Church’s leaders had the right to ask for “broader relief” from the HHS regulations. This is a place, however, where Church leaders and many lay Catholics (like Dionne, who says he wishes the Church would be more “open” on contraception) plainly diverge.

For those of you who are wondering how Mitt Romney’s tax rates stack up against previous presidential candidates (none of whom have been paupers), check out this helpful graphic from Talking Points Memo. Only two of the recent candidates (Obama and John McCain) paid Buffett Rule-esque tax rates – which, in case you’ve forgotten, 7-in-10 Americans favor.

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