 In 2011, the Obama campaign could raise $35,800 donations at the start because of joint fundraising agreements with the DNC. This campaign will raise $2,700 contributions for the primary because we’re focused on earning the nomination. POLICY AND RAMP-UP The campaign has just entered its “ramp up” period. This “ramp up” phase is the same organizationally as if she had an exploratory committee – time to build before getting into full swing - but without being coy about her intentions and pretending like she’s still exploring.  In May, she will outline more of her agenda and the ideas people have shared with her in a larger event that everyone can take part in. Hillary has a lot of policy ideas, and has spent a great deal of time over the past six months thinking about the problems facing our country and how to best tackle them but this “Ramp Up” comes first. Anyone who knows her knows that policy is core to who she is. But she doesn’t want to announce her agenda in speeches and press without hearing from everyday Americans about their concerns first. The top-notch senior policy team that Hillary has assembled underscores her commitment to tackling crucial issues with real policy prescriptions, and their areas of expertise dovetails with many of Clinton’s top priorities:  Jake Sullivan has served as a national security advisor to Vice President Biden, the director of policy planning at the US Department of State and as deputy chief of staff to Secretary Clinton, and played a key role in efforts to broker a deal to curtail Iran’s nuclear capabilities.  Ann O’Leary has served as a senior vice president and director of the children and families program at Next Generation, the executive director of the Berkley Center on Health, Economic & Family Security Program at the Chief Justice Earl Warren Institute on Law and Social Policy, and then-Senator Hillary Clinton’s legislative director.  Maya Harris recently left her post as a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, and was previously the VP of Democracy Rights and Justice at the Ford Foundation. Before that, she was the executive director of the nation’s largest ACLU affiliate and has practiced law as a civil litigator.