Mr. Finkelstein was seen as one of several GOP strategists, including Roger Ailes, Lee Atwater and Charlie Black, who were instrumental in helping shape what became known as the Reagan Revolution. During Reagan’s eight years in the White House, Mr. Finkelstein was an informal adviser to the administration and managed congressional and gubernatorial campaigns across the country. After graduating in 1967, Mr. Finkelstein worked in the computer department of NBC News. After engineering Netanyahu’s victory in Israel in 1996, Mr. Finkelstein increasingly concentrated on international elections. Mr. Finkelstein said he considered himself a libertarian, and the candidates he supported in the United States were exclusively Republicans.

Source: Washington Post August 19, 2017 14:40 UTC