Enough with the opinion polls already!

Didn't we just declare the Oz silly season over when Gillard formed a minority Government?
So why is Essential Research sending out polling results on questions such as;
How would you rate the performance of parties since the election?
Fair crack of the whip! No-one's being sworn in until later today (at the earliest) and the new parliament isn't sitting yet.
The only thing 'opinion' has to bounce off at the moment is hyped-up journalists and the often biased Murdoch meeja.
Surely long suffering voters and pollies alike deserve a few days grace.