Ever since he took over the reins of the New Democratic Party, Jagmeet Singh has presented political pundits with something a challenge.

Or at least, I've found his leadership a bit challenging, since, for the longest time, Singh lacked what I would call, a "theory for winning".

In other words, he didn't provide any hints as to how he planned to lead his socialist legions to victory in the next federal election.

By contrast, the plans of his rivals are crystal clear.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, for instance, will certainly play the part of a Canadian hero; he'll wrap himself in the flag and loudly proclaim that he's the only leader who can defend the country from the predatory ambitions of U.S. President Donald "The Tyrant" Trump.

Conservative leader, Andrew Scheer, on the other hand, will be the "Steadfast and True" guy; he'll point to the Liberal deficits and to the Carbon Tax and to the oil pipeline controversies and say something along the lines of "The time has come for bland but competent leadership."

Anyway, the openness of their strategies makes for relatively easy punditry.

But when asked on a public affairs show to predict the NDP's future tactics, all I can do is lamely say, "I haven't got a clue!"

And that's not a good look for a pundit.

The good news, however, is that it seems of late like an NDP strategy is slowly beginning to emerge from the mists; as a matter of fact, I can already make out its faint outline.

And from here, it sure looks like Singh is going to play the left-wing populist card.

Indeed, we got a small taste of that tactic when Singh recently declared to his caucus: "Fifty-six percent of the wealthiest Canadians, or the richest Canadians, have donated to the Liberal party. And the reason that they've done that is they know, they are confident, that the Liberal party will defend their interests and not close things like loopholes.  So, we know where we stand, and we know where they stand."

So basically, it looks like the NDP will brand the Trudeau Liberals as a bunch of out of touch elitists.

And that makes perfect sense.

After all, Trudeau has all the ingredients that go into making an out of touch elitist: he hangs out with corporate CEOs, he likes to vacation on private island resorts in the Bahamas, he comes from a wealthy family.

At any rate, my point is, I, along with other pundits, at long last, might now have something to work with when pontificating about the NDP leader's future stratagems.

And, of course, by that I mean, we can start the important job of second-guessing him.

For one thing, I'm certain we are going to hear a lot in the weeks ahead about how Singh is too elitist to play the part of an anti-elitist.

They'll point out, for example, how Singh went to private schools, how he likes to wear costly suits, and how he drives expensive cars.

But in my view, that won't be a problem.

"Elitists" in politics have often successfully pushed populist hot-buttons see the examples of Julius Caesar and Donald Trump.

The real risk for Singh, in my opinion, is that if he's going to play the part of a populist agitator, it means he'll also have to skewer Trudeau's friends in the "corporate media," who by and large, have a sympathetic view of the prime minister and who, by and large, disdain populism.

And taking on the media is not for the faint of heart.

In fact, Andrew Scheer's unwillingness to go populist likely stems from his fear of the inevitable media's adverse reaction.

So can Singh pull it off?

Who knows?

But at least he now seems to have a theory for winning.

And that's a good start.