Political Timing??? (Click to Read Article)

I was looking at USA Today... today for a review on how they are using new media and came across this story.  I really don't think this was the best time to decide to redecorate the oval office.  Everyone else in America is tightening their belts to make it through the "summer of recovery" / recession and the President is redecorating around the time he goes on vacation in Martha's Vineyard.  Who knows how much of this was actually donated and how much it actually cost the American taxpayer... all the while our country goes into more and more debt.  It is things like this that are leading to the rise of tea party candidates and a +10 point lead for the GOP on the generic ballot.