The French Revolution is failing. It was a matter of time - either they would fall back into monarchy or some other leader. Who among the French elite at the time could seize the reins of power?
Only the generals who in OTL still had been around when push came to shove:
Moreau - the best of the available generals (but preferred enjoying life to looking for power; also
seemingly had at least some principles, which could be a huge minus)
Bernadotte - the only one who is a political animal and a good administrator; quite popular among the military; as history demonstrated, extremely flexible in pretty much all areas and not overburdened with any principles; minus - by the reasons above was considered by some political leaders as being too independent (and out of all people, Bonaparte was considered manageable; small wonder that the Directorate was in trouble with its leaders being that blind). Friendly with Moreau, which could come handy.
Massena - a reputable general with a good record. No known political ambitions and probably easy to manipulate; as administrator - zero (or less); no known political ideas and seemingly no ideas at all outside the area of stealing everything that is not nailed (and perhaps even that); extraordinary stingy.
Dumas - the most exotic one; good record and a lot of a personal heroics; no known talents or interests in legislation, administration or even strategy; France of that time was not PC enough to chose a leader based upon skin color but he could make a good front-end figure for a strong puppet master.
Lefebvre - brave and a good soldier; his wife definitely did
not qualified as a queen or empress or whatever; OTOH, in November of 1799 commanded the Paris troops...
Most of the rest (Lannes, Kleber, Davout, Soult) are too junior to jump all the way to the top without being blocked by their superiors. OTOH, Soult could expect support of Moreau under whom he served (and his later career was probably second only to one of Bernadotte, which shows a lot of a potential); Vandamme - managed to get court martialed for looting (which, taking into an account “environment”, was kind of an achievement), was known for his insubordination (plus) and managed to quarrel with Moreau (minus).