Caroline Kennedy will be visiting the kind of retirement community reminiscent of Jerry Seinfeld’s fictional parents’ abode today when she heads to The Villages in Florida. She’ll be there to campaign on behalf of Barack Obama. WowOwow caught up with some of the town regulars to hear what they thought of Kennedy’s upcoming visit to the solid McCain region.  The retirement community is known for its golf, golf, golf and people over 55 years of age. Some even answer their phones saying, "It’s a beautiful day in The Villages," sounding a bit like Mr. Rogers. In advance of Kennedy’s arrival, wowOwow tried to find out if anyone in The Villages planned to vote for Obama.

At the Panera Bread Shop, the man who answered the phone was planning on voting for Obama. One vote down, 74,999 more to go. He didn’t even know Caroline Kennedy was coming.  (Has the information on said famous daughter been suppressed? The daily paper, "The Villages Daily Sun" finally announced her appearance on Tuesday. One day’s notice?  Hmm. wOw wondered about that.) Panera’s Bread shop is where "the town regulars come and have their coffee" says the same nice gentleman. He goes on to explain that The Villages is a stronghold for veterans, so they’re naturals for the McCain/Palin ticket. Still, he describes The Villages as consisting of kind-hearted people who would probably be interested in what Ms. Kennedy had to say … as long as it didn’t interfere with their tee time. 

"I think she’ll get a good gathering," he says.  "If only just to see her." 

Many of the male golfers tend to head to Cal’s Barber Shop to get their hair cut short. "In this economy, they’re coming in every two months instead of every month," says a female barber at Cal’s. "And from what I’m hearing there are a lot of closeted Democrats here. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7…"

"What are you counting," wOw asks the barber as we speak of Caroline’s upcoming arrival. 

"The number of heads I’ve done today," she replies.

When we get back to the subject at hand: "I’m telling you," she says, "there are a lot of men talking about Barack in here. People are interested in the economy, health care, creating new jobs and clean energy so I can’t wait to hear about the turn-out. When Sarah Palin came we didn’t go. Heck no! We don’t earn that kind of money! Now if you’ve got a lot of money that’s who ya vote for!"

At a local golf course, one woman exclaimed, "I didn’t even know she’s coming," and sounded very excited about the prospects of seeing her. 

"Why has the local paper not told us this before," she asks with a degree of annoyance but then turns angry. "We don’t get any information unless it has to do with Republicans. And that’s the truth. If they do tell us it’s a little tiny piece in the back of the paper." 

wOw asked her what happened when Sarah Palin came? 

"Oh my gosh.  Oh my gosh," she repeated.  "Hell yes! We knew she was coming to town!" She whispers, "even the TV and radio are — Republican."  (Mum’s the word.) 

"What time is she going to be here?," she asks wOw.  "4:45 P.M. at the Savannah Center," we say.   She thanks wOw but rather cautiously.  We promise her to death not to reveal the name of the course where she works.

"Well I think it’s very interesting that somebody of her status would come to visit the Villages," says a lovely lady at a neighboring shoe store. 

"Of course the Villages is one of the largest retirement communities in the country. So I think it’s interesting because a lot of people around here were around when JFK was president. Still, from what I know it’s heavy McCain. We don’t hear a lot of Obama buzz. But thank you for telling me that she’ll be here!"

wOw is always happy to deliver information …