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It's strange how most commentors suggested ways to fix the procces and rules,but stil they oppose to any adoption of new top level domains.

Another strange thing may be considered the fact that everyone wants a special treatment.For example American Bankers Association ,which thinks any top level domain related to finance should have strict regulations:"While many of the new generic domains will pose no threat to trusted transactions over the Internet, any domain name associated with financial services should be restricted to financial services companies, with substantial restrictions, guidelines and proof of eligibility."
We all support trademark rights,but it's possible that many companies such as Hearst claim that no one else should be able to register the second level domain "cosmopolitan" on any TLD.
AT&T  is the largest provider of both local and long distance telephone services in the United States, and also serves digital subscriber line Internet access.Asked why ICANN was moving forward without addressing major overarching issues they stated:
 "AT&T welcomes the detailed analysis of all responses received by ICANN in the Public Comment process, as well as ICANN’s acknowledgment that there are at least four “overarching” threshold concerns that were not adequately addressed by the draft Applicant Guidebook.1 However, ICANN published a Second Draft Guidebook, giving the appearance that it was continuing to move forward to implement unlimited generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) expansion in spite of the acknowledged importance of first resolving the threshold issues. ICANN must be open to the fact that one possible outcome of threshold issue resolution may be a fundamental change to ICANN’s initial implementation proposals."