With nervous Democrats wondering if Hillary Rodham Clinton has lost her presidential mojo, alternatives are getting a second look and a new name has emerged as a potential party savior, John Kerry, who replaced Clinton as secretary of State.

“If she were to suddenly exit the race there would be a chaotic vacuum where the Democratic establishment would cast about for a tested alternative, and Kerry could fill that void,” according to analyst Larry Sabato, head of the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics.