Colin Powell will vote for Obama!

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Sunday the he will vote for Senator Barack Obama on NBC's Meet the Press.

"I think he is a transformational figure, he is a new generation coming onto the world stage, onto the American stage, and for that reason I'll be voting for Sen. Barack Obama," said Colin Powell

He continued by questionining the negative campagin Senator John McCain has launched linking Obama to the 1960s radical Bill Ayers.

"I think that's inappropriate. I understand what politics is about -- I know how you can go after one another, and that's good. But I think this goes too far, and I think it has made the McCain campaign look a little narrow. It's not what the American people are looking for," he said.

Senator McCain said on Fox News that he admires Powell and his announcement, "doesn't come as a surprise."

Powell served as Secretary of State under President Bush from 2001 to 2005.