Bill Clinton must feel like Rip Van Winkle who fell asleep and woke up 20 years later to find that everything had changed.

The media landscape shot light years ahead since Bill and Hillary campaigned for the highest office in the land and now Barack Obama is the young guy who represents change.

I'm sure Bill can't help but feel old when the reporters tagging along behind him, known as embeds -- often in their early to mid 20's and younger than his daughter Chelsea-- are watching for every misstep. He's given them plenty of fodder this year as he continues to talk about race and other hot button issues. The small, fast technology embeds carry (digital recorders, mini DV cameras etc) enable them to quickly get Bill's flaps on the air and on the web (where they live forever.) Young voters in particular get their news on line (including YouTube) so they can watch embarrassing clips over and over and pass them along to friends.

I asked FOX News embed Shushannah Walshe who trailed Bill for a month what his initial reaction was to the embed concept. She said, "His press secretary told us the story of when he told President Clinton that there were these reporters called embeds who followed him around. According to his press person he seemed surprised and asked, "But, how do they get around?" He explained that we take commercial planes and rent cars and skip some events and share editorial if we have to."

Bill makes no bones about his frustration with tag-along reporters who are feeding the demand for instant news. Check out last week's exchange between Bill and Mike Memoli, a young reporter for NBC News who asks about the former president's claim to a Philadelphia radio reporter that Obama was injecting race into the campaign:

MIKE MEMOLI, NBC NEWS: ... yesterday, when you said that the Obama campaign was playing the race card on you?

CLINTON: When did I say that, and to whom did I say it?

MEMOLI: On WHYY radio yesterday. [Philadelphia radio station]

CLINTON: No, no, no, no. That's not what I said. You always follow me around and play these little games, and I'm not going to play your games today. This is a day about Election Day. Go back and see what the question was and what my answer was. You have mischaracterized it to get another cheap story to divert the American people from the real urgent issues before us, and I choose not to play your game today. Have a nice day.

Bill was getting a little feisty with the young reporter. Bill could've ignored the reporters' questions or could've changed the subject like so many politicians do, but he didn't. Perhaps he still fails to understand that everything he says or does (especially if it's juicy) "has legs," as we frequently say in the news business. That means a story ain't goin away! These missteps could continue to affect his wife's campaign, especially hurting her with African American and young voters.

Some behind the scenes pictures taken by FNC embed reporter Shushannah Walshe: