hasn t decided on a supreme court nominee or necessarily finished the interview process. even so, a stout beltway consensus has taken hold that he will select elena kagan to fill justice john paul stevens seat. top white house officials deny it. i can tell you without any hedging he has not made up his mind yet and is still talking to and looking through candidates, a senior official told fox. it may end up being here, kagan, but there is no white smoke yet. mr. obama s schedule is clear monday and tuesday raising expectation for move next week. vice president joe biden returns this weekend from a trip to europe and will feature prominently in the nominee s roll-out. the president and biden separately interviewed kagan and three other potential nominees. seventh circuit appeals judge diane wood, d.c. appeals judge merrick garland and ninth circuit appeals judge sydney thomas. the former dean of harvard law school, kagan, 50 viewed as a center left nominee who would be somewhat easi