It is a very good thing that the Democrats at their four-day convention, both the corporate wing and the progressive wing, really let Donald Trump have it. In speeches and in videos they made a strong case for why Trump is not just unfit to be President but a tremendous danger to the world who must be defeated.

And at least in the short-term, meaning up until November 8, it is helpful that the Democrats presented Hillary Clinton in a way which should help her vote totals. They took on very little of the Bill and Hillary personal and political history which has led to her very high negatives on the “trustworthy” barometer. But they did an OK job humanizing her, and Clinton’s speech last night was surprisingly effective and good.

It is also good that Bernie and his supporters and some of the major issues of the Bernie movement were a continual presence. They were there a number of the speeches of Clinton supporters, including Hillary’s, and they were there in the protests that took place outside and inside the convention hall. The March for a Clean Energy Revolution on a blistering-hot Sunday brought together over 900 organizations and upwards of 10,000 people. It started the week off on the right foot with a strong call to ban fracking and get serious about a rapid shift from fossil fuels to renewables.

From what I saw and heard on C-Span and elsewhere, “Stop TPP,” “No More Wars” and “Ban Fracking Now” were the major issues which Bernie supporters were able to raise up on the convention floor.

All of this keeps alive and moves forward what should be the two-pronged agenda of the millions of people who voted for Bernie Sanders: defeating Donald Trump by electing Hillary Clinton (there’s no other way), and developing the organizational networks that will keep the Bernie movement alive to advance the political revolution.

Bernie seems to be there. He definitely sees the need to defeat Trump by helping Clinton win in November. And he has announced that he is creating new organizations to help multiply and strengthen the number of progressive candidates running for office and to keep an ongoing focus on the issues. Already, during the convention, he has reached out to people who financially supported him with regular monthly donations during the campaign. He is urging them to continue to keep doing so to finance this next stage of the political revolution. Build, Bernie, Build!