The New York Times said in an editorial headlined, 'No Rush, Please', :
"there is no reason at all to rush. President Bush gave away far too much and got far too little for this deal".
The NYT full page full page advertisements against Sonia Gandhi when she came to New York to addresx the UN General Assembly. So they cannot be accused of being soft on the Congress.
This is a setback for the Commies and knickerwallahs who were saying that the deal was anti-national.