Mitt Romney is planning...

...a $12 million renovation to his vacation home in La Jolla, California. The beachfront property will be over 8,000 square feet with a basement measuring over 3,000 square feet (larger than most people's homes) and a "car elevator," whatever that is.

Now Mitt Romney is a wealthy man who made his money legally and can spend it any way he wants. But for a guy who is trying so desperately to connect with "average" voters, isn't the timing of this just a little unwise? Couldn't he wait until -- oh, I don't know -- after the election to initiate this project?

Who's advising this guy?